Tourists deaf to warning of falling tree

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A tree fell on a group of deaf tourists in the central Italian town of L'Aquila yesterday, killing a 47-year-old man and injuring seven people who could not hear a bus driver's cry of alarm.

The tourists were about to board the bus to return home to Rome after a day sightseeing.

"The bus driver shouted to warn them, but they couldn't hear," said Angelo Cardelli, a civic official. It was not clear why the 100-year-old chestnut tree toppled.
 
If a tree falls and there's no one to hear it, does it make a sound? ;)
 
VamPyroX said:
If a tree falls and there's no one to hear it, does it make a sound? ;)
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Someone once asked me if a tree drops in TA does it make a sound? I haven't decided how to answer that question yet.

You're probably one of the few people on this forum that would actually understand what I mean though. :roll:
 
I think the tree makes a creaking sound or maybe cracking or even saw the tree move a bit then collaspe after they didn't hear it.
 
Falling tree kills deaf Italian tourist

Sunday, April 9, 2006

Falling tree kills deaf Italian tourist
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME -- A century-old tree fell on a group of deaf tourists in central Italy on Sunday, killing a man and injuring seven people who were unable to hear a bus driver's shout of alarm, police said.

The Italian tourists had finished a day of sightseeing and were about to board a bus in a square outside the L'Aquila train station to return to their homes near Rome, police said.

"The bus driver shouted to warn them, but they couldn't hear," said Angelo Cardelli, an official at police headquarters.

A 47-year-old man from Valmontone, a suburb of Rome, was killed instantly when struck by the horse chestnut tree, police said.

Two women were hospitalized with broken bones and five of the tourists were treated at a hospital and released, Cardelli said.

It was not immediately clear what caused the tree to topple over, police said.
 
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