Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI) A woman died after a tree branchfell on her on a roadside in suburban Chembur today.
This is the second such incident in the area in therecent past. A former Doordarshan anchor had died after acoconut tree fell on her earlier this year.
Sharada Godekar, the victim, was sitting on a benchoutside Diamond Garden in Chembur (East) when a branch of aGulmohar tree fell on her at around 11 today morning, saidShashikant Mane, senior police inspector attached to theGovandi police station.
Godekar, resident of Gautam Nagar in Trombay, workedas domestic help, he said.
She sustained serious head injuries and was taken to ahospital by police where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
In July, Kanchan Nath, a former Doordarshan anchor,died after a coconut tree collapsed on her in Chembur when shewas out on a morning walk. PTI AVIKRK.
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