MUMBAI: A 63-year-old man died after a tree collapsed on a shop near BMC Hindi school, Gomes Gown Building, Naupada, Kamini Kurla (West) on Sunday amid heavy rainfall. This marked the city’s second fatal tree-fall incident in less than a week.The deceased, Yunus Kundawala, a resident of Bandra, was about to open his rented shop selling electrical accessories near Kurla Kamani when a tree branch fell on him at around 10.30 am.He was rushed to Fauzia Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Personnel from the fire brigade, Mumbai Police, BEST and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reached the spot and carried out rescue and clearance operations.The incident comes days after an 11-year-old boy, Vihan Srivastav, was killed and several others were injured when a tree uprooted and fell on a moving school bus in Chembur on June 30.(With inputs from PTI)
