Pine-tree falls down on car in Vitsebsk Region and kills a man

A 48-year-old man died in Polatsk District affected by strong wind during the yesterday’s thunderstorm. He was driving his car with his friends from Navapolatsk to the Baravuha village when a pine tree got fallen down by strong wind. The tree fell onto the car and broke the man’s skull base. The injured was evacuated from the car with the help of special equipment. He was delivered to hospital and died there several hours later.

Yadvіha Stasheuskaya, European radio for Belarus, Vitsebsk