A large pine tree fell onto three
moving cars on the Lungotevere riverside street in Rome Monday,
slightly hurting one of the drivers.
The injured man was reported to be a taxi driver, who was not
in a serious condition.
Another tree also fell down amid high winds in the Italian
capital, forcing passengers on the Rome-Lido line to get off the
train.
Conservation group Italia Nostra said "we have reported the
situation many times, it is beyond an emergency".
Rome council environment pointwoman Pinuccia Montanari said
"we have monitored 15,000 trees, and 3% of them are to be
chopped down".
She said "we have to do in a year what hasn't been done in
10".
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