Motorcyclist Killed By A Banyan Tree While Crossing Jalan Poros Puuruy Konawe

One motorist was killed by a fallen tree in Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Sunday (5/3/2023) (ANTARA)

KONAWE - Konawe Resort Police, Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province said a motorcyclist passing through the area died when a tree fell during heavy rain and strong winds. Wakawe Police Chief Kompol Alwi said the victim named Ashadi Saputra (34) died after being hit by a broken banyan tree while driving a two-wheeled vehicle and passing on Jalan Poros Puuruy, Morosi District. The victim is a resident of Angata Village, Anata District, South Konawe Regency who works as an employee of the PT OSS mining industry in the Konawe Regency area. "The victim suffered injuries to the head and died. The victim's body has been under the Bhayangkara Kendari Hospital," Alwi said by telephone in Kendari, Antara, Sunday, March 5, Previously, the Kendari City Police (Polresta) said that one resident in Kendari City died as a result of the victim's house being hit by a fallen tree when heavy rain and strong winds hit the area. Kendari Police Chief Kombes Muhammad Eka Fathurrahman said the victim was a woman with the initials M (58), a resident in Watulondo Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari. "Regarding the wind rain that occurred in Kendari City this afternoon Sunday, March 5, 2023, that there was a death toll from one of the residents of Watulondo Village, Puuwatu District, a woman aged approximately 58 years on the initials M," he said. The former Director of Drug Investigation at the Southeast Sulawesi Police said that the victim died as a result of the house being hit by a jambu mete tree. Furthermore, Kombes Eka said, when there was heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, the victim and her husband were in the house. At that time, the victim did not have time to leave the house, while her husband survived after leaving the house. "The victim and her husband were in the house, but her husband was able to save himself, left the house while the victim was hit with injuries, blood came out of the ear and died at the TKP," explained Kombes Eka. He added that so far his party is still monitoring throughout the Kendari City area, because due to heavy rains and strong winds, a number of trees fell.