Over 7 injured as Baniyan tree branch falls at BTM layout in Bengaluru

Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarth Sethia

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even persons including two women and a child were injured when huge roadside tree fell on the road trapping people passing by near Taverekere junction in BTM layout on Sunday evening.

The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera . Passers-by rushed to help people trapped and shifted them to near-by private hospital before alerting the police .

The police along with fire and emergency service personnel rushed to the spot and cleared the road .

The tree also fell on the electric transformer causing power disruption for sometime .

Though several persons have been injured no casualties have been reported , a police officer, said .