One person died and two others were injured in a serious accident in Belgium in which a large Christmas tree fell in the city's central square due to bad weather Oudenaarde hit passers-by who happened to be nearby. Images captured by surveillance cameras show an illuminated, 20-meter-high Christmas tree slowly tipping next to a Christmas market, then collapsing, crushing three people, one of whom dies.
This was said by a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office for the Oost-Vlaanderen province The victim was a 63-year-old woman from Oudenaarde. Two women from the same town were slightly injured. “The investigation will focus on whether the tree was properly secured and also examine the impact of the storm,” he said. Storm Pia, which caused disruption in Britain and the Netherlands yesterday, also hit western Belgium, where the weather service issued a code yellow warning for coastal areas.