LISBON, Portugal — A tree crashed down on a popular religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring 52 others, officials said. The tree fell while a large crowd was gathered near the island’s capital of Funchal as part of the Nossa Senhora do Monte festival. Local media reports said that the tree was an oak that was more than 200 years old. Ramos said that of the 12 fatalities, 10 people died at the site of the accident. Ambulances were shown pulling away from the site while workers wielding chain saws cut away limbs from an enormous tree on the ground.

Source: National Post August 15, 2017 13:15 UTC