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Man seriously injured after being crushed by a tree

A 47-year-old man was left unconscious on Thursday when a tree fell on him in the Athenian suburb of Papagou, news reports said.

The incident happened at the corner of Ionias and Argyrokastrou Streets while a crew was attempting to cut down the tree. It was not clear if the man was part of the crew or a passerby. 

An ambulance transported him to Gennimatas hospital. 

Mother and child hit by car in Thessaloniki

A woman and her child were hit by a car on Papanikolaou Avenue, in western Thessaloniki, on Thursday. 

The accident occurred in the Pefka area under unknown circumstances, shortly after 1:00 pm.

An ambulance transported the woman and her child to Papageorgiou hospital. The severity of their injuries is not yet clear.

Woman falls to her death from highway bridge in Crete

A young woman fell to her death on Thursday afternoon from a highway bridge near Iraklio, Crete.

According to local reports, the woman was riding in a car with two friends. After the car stopped on the side of the bridge road, the woman approached the edge and for unknown reasons lost her balance and fell 60 meters to her death.

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