PART of a 40ft tree came crashing down on a road this afternoon.
The chestnut tree in River Park came down in Gordon Road, Winchester– just outside River Park Leisure Centre and branches covered two thirds of the road.
Ian Henderson from Badger Farm, who had been working out at the gym, saw the immediate aftermath.
He said: “I did not see it fall but a man at River Park Leisure Centresaid there was quite a bang when it went down.
“It would have definitely have killed someone if it had hit them.”
A tree surgeon at Worthy Tree Care, said: “It was right across the whole road blocking it, you could just get about one car through it.
“It is one of those things, it can happen anytime anywhere, it could because of a cross wind that weight or because of anything, who knows.”
He added that there is about one and a half tonnes of debris, which will take around three hours to clear. The incident happened at 2pm.
No one from River Park Leisure Centre was available for comment.
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