Pune Rain: Scary Video Shows Massive Tree Nearly Breaks A School Van Into Half | WATCH

Pune Rain: The van sustained severe damage when the tree fell on its roof and smashed it. No student was reported to have been injured.

Pune: Anand Park locals are letting out a collective sigh of relief that no child was injured when a massive tree almost split a school van into half on Thursday. While heavy rain continued to batter numerous areas across the city, a tree fell onto a school van in Vadgaon Sheri area this morning. It was sheer luck that the children inside the vehicle escaped hurt. A biker also got caught up in the incident and came under the tree.

Horrifying Footage

The van sustained severe damage when the tree fell on its roof and smashed it from the outside. The horrifying footage share on social media shows how two students from the van immediately opened the van's door and fled after the tree fell on it. But it's unclear from the video how the driver is doing.

In the video, a number of local residents can be seen helping with the cleanup.

Flood In Pune

Maharashtra is still experiencing intense rains, which have caused waterlogging in a number of cities, including Thane, Palghar, Mumbai, Pune, and others. This has caused traffic jams and delayed train and airline operations. Due to continuous rain, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) decided to close all schools and colleges in Mumbai and Pune.

Pune Rain: 4 Deaths Till Now

Four people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the district of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, while several residential areas were flooded. To expedite relief operations, the Pune local administration, under the leadership of District Magistrate (DM) Suhas Divsae, requested the help of army personnel.

Meanwhile, the Army was called in to evacuate the impacted individuals and relocate them to safer areas of Pune. About 400 people have been evacuated so far, according to reports. The heavily flooded Sinhagad Road area had two columns of the Army stationed there. In addition, groups from the district and city disaster management cells, the fire brigade, and the NDRF were called upon to assist with relief efforts.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said the affected people would be airlifted to Pune in the event of a crisis as nonstop rain has flooded low-lying houses and residential colonies.