Overview

• A 48-year-old man, identified as Arvind Lal, died when a windswept tree collapsed onto his vehicle on Chakrata Road near the Ballupur flyover.
• Lal, seated in the middle of a vehicle en route from Dehradun to Barkot, was pronounced dead at Government Doon Hospital; one passenger suffered minor injuries and others escaped unharmed.
• Police have parked the damaged vehicle in the Basant Vihar complex.
• On May 31, a similar storm-uprooted tree killed a woman in a Dehradun parking area, underscoring a repeat of deadly weather accidents within days.
• The crash followed brief heavy rain and strong winds, underlining hazards faced by drivers on storm-impacted roads.