Questions are being raised about whether the unstable branches of an aging tree in Trinity Bellwoods Park could have been spotted, before one of them fell and killed an owner of a local art gallery last week.
Questions are being raised about whether the unstable branches of an aging species of tree in Trinity Bellwoods Park could have been spotted and dealt with earlier,Eyewitnesses say the branch that killed 71-year-old Pari Nadimi wasn’t the only bough of Siberian Elms that fell in the park after a storm lashed the city.
“I almost had a heart attack. It was one of the worst things I’ve seen in my life. I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “She was an extraordinary sister to her siblings and her nephew, and a leader in contemporary art. She will be completely missed by the art community, by her friends. We have lost an incredible person who was a warm, compassionate person and it’s a total tragedy,” Donahue said in an interview with CTV News Toronto.Flowers mark a small memorial on the stump of a tree in Trinity Bellwoods Park after a branch fell and killed an owner of a local art gallery.
Licensed arborist Erik Anderssen of Viking Tree Services took a look at the stump, and said its ring patterns illustrate a tree that may have been past its life span. But looking around the park he pointed to several trees of that species that were older and that he believed could pose a risk in certain conditions.
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