Apparently annoyed about the way in which a number of journalists broadcast Tuesday morning (29.10. 24) the news of the fall on Patissia Street, in the attempt of a truck driver to park the vehicle, came the mayor of Athens, . “According to some of the television’s morning zone, today in Patissia a tree was running at high speed and fell on a truck” comments in a glaring way in his post on X (former Twitter), Harry Duke. As he notes with meaning, “Of course, it’s the Mayor’s fault”. “Really, what else will we listen to?” he writes, recommending calmness. According to some of the television morning zone, today in Patissia a tree was running at high speed and fell on a truck. Of course, it’s the mayor’s fault. Really, what else are we gonna hear? Ph. Children calm — Harris Doukas (@h_dukas) “The driver of the truck is responsible” says the municipality of Athens New information on how the tree fell on Patissia Street, the municipality of Athens announces by announcing it, paying exclusively responsibility to the driver of the truck that collided on it. According to the announcement the incident occurred at 05:00 on Tuesday morning (29.10. 24) at number 7, Patissia Street. After informing Athens Traffic to the Directorate of Prasinos “a step of the service was taken with a climbing crew to intervene in a tree”. There, it was found to be a maple, aged 25, “who had suffered damage to the trunk at a height of 3.5 metres from the ground, due to a truck which, when parking, struck the tree” as described in characteristics. According to the Municipality of Athens, this “had the effect of exerting forces at the base of the tree, which broke at the site of soil adhesion and root system, resulting in the tree being detached from its root system and touching the antlers of trolley lines”. At the same time, he notes that the tree had recently become a vegetation check, as throughout the tree line, and there was no branch or large arm. “The tree was in good phytosanitary condition, while it did not bring any support, but a protective iron railing one metre tall,” is cited features. Therefore, as he explains, “the fall of the tree on Patissia Street, is attributed solely to the impact of the truck, as the control recently carried out did not reveal any problem to the tree or its structure.” The tree was hollow “Parkaria, I touched the tree with the top of the truck cabin and it didn’t last at all, as it was hollow,” the truck driver argued on his side. Fortunately, there was no injury since the incident. Photo source: Municipality of Athens
Harris Duke: “Dentro ran in Patissia at speed and fell into a truck – of course it was the mayor’s fault”
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