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Article: Struck by falling coconut tree
- Article from:
- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- May 22, 2000
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THERE was no wind and not even a single drop of rain when a
coconut tree crashed into a house and injured a nine-year-old boy.
The incident happened at a house in Ladang Bukit Jalil, Jalan
Puchong around 10pm on Friday. The boy, G. Thanagaraju, was in the
kitchen to get something to drink when there was a loud noise and he
was hit on his head.
"Suddenly I felt something hit me hard on my head and I felt
pain," he said.
He was brought by his family to Hospital UKM Cheras and received
three stitches on his head.
Luckily, his sister Sobana, 16, who was also near the kitchen was
not seriously injured. She received outpatient treatment at HUKM.
The family was watching TV when the old coconut tree ...