Giant oak tree splits into two blocking road for two days
A team of tree surgeons took an entire day clearing a 19 metre, 16 tonne, tree which blocked a road in Wordsley.
By Adam Smith
Published
The giant stem of an oak tree crashed down on Monday morning, damaging a property on Lawnswood near the Roe Deer.
The road was blocked throughout Monday and was only cleared today afternoon (Tuesday) after timber was removed from the tree by cranes.
Tim O'Grady, from Rob Keyzor Tree Surgeons, said: "We had three people from crane company and five from our team working on removing this tree safely.
"We very rarely get to see trees this size block roads but it was a three stemmed oak and one split from the main tree."
He added: "We removed 16 tonne of timber and the last phase of the operation is cleaning up the road."
