Caravan owners will have many reasons for picking a mobile home instead of a humble tent, but the importance of having a solid roof over your head has been brought into stark focus.
A family of four were lucky to escape with their lives intact after a large tree fell onto their tent on Sunday (May 29th), according to the Ledbury Reporter.
The group were camping at The Rock Caravan Park in Bromyard when a branch broke off the oak tree at around 5am.
Simon Halling, crew commander of Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, said that the branch fell off a tree that weighed at least two tonnes.
Whilst the father and two children were able to get out unharmed, the mother was trapped and had to be removed using specialist equipment.
“We had to use equipment that we normally use to stabilise cars that are involved in traffic collisions, as well as airbags and saw cutting equipment,” Mr Halling said.
The woman was later taken to a local hospital, where her injuries were deemed not to be life-threatening, the local paper added.
