Foshan, Guangdong roadside recently occurred a strange scene, a planted in the sidewalk side of the nearly ten meters high king coconut tree (also known as “king palm”), dozens of pounds of dry leaves suddenly fell from the sky, just hit a passing man. The man was knocked unconscious on the spot, and was taken to the hospital for further examination after the paramedics came to his senses.
According to Qilu.com, the man who was hit immediately fell to the ground, unconscious, passers-by found and rushed to the police, police and hospital security personnel rushed to the scene, the leaves pressed on the man was lifted to the roadside, security personnel also pushed to the stretcher bed. The report sparked a lot of debate among netizens, many of whom said they did not believe that leaves could knock people unconscious until they saw the photos of leaves larger than people. The nearby residents said that the leaves of the king coconut trees fall here from time to time, and this is the third time.
Comprehensive media reports, many places in the country have appeared “Dawang coconut leaves hit people” news. As early as 2015, China’s Fujian Nanjing County, someone was hit in the neck by a roadside coconut leaves, and then fell to the ground, although they were sent to the hospital to rescue, but still due to the seriousness of the injury, in half an hour after the statement died. It is reported that the scene when the incident issued a loud “bang”, and the leaf involved weighs more than 30 kilograms, more than 4 meters long, when the top of the tree fell from 10 meters high.
Local people said that the cooking induction stove was also smashed by the leaves, because she happened to leave at the time, and fortunately escaped a disaster, but also an old woman riding a bicycle through, was hit by the leaves in the back seat, just a little close to death; there are even residents of the vehicle was smashed by the leaves out of a groove. In this regard, some experts pointed out that the leaves of the often growing coconut trees generally do not fall off, but if it is a dead branch or by foreign attack, the leaves will be easy to fall off, so the relevant departments to strengthen inspection.
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