Tree Collapse at Ibirapuera Park Seriously Injures Worker as Storms Batter São Paulo Region

Overview

• A 57-year-old woman suffered a traumatic brain injury, a shoulder injury and a cardiac arrest and was taken to Hospital São Paulo, where she remains under care.
• Two other people sustained minor injuries when the large tree fell near Gate 3, according to the park concessionaire Urbia.
• Firefighters and the Military Police’s Águia helicopter responded, and the area was isolated for safety and technical assessment.
• Urbia and the municipal government said the cause is under investigation, and the city’s environmental department will conduct an on-site inspection.
• Heavy rain and gusty winds also caused flooding and multiple tree falls in the Campinas area and São José dos Campos, with cars stranded and a toppled pole reported but no mass evacuations.