A minicab driver and his six passengers escaped unscathed when a tree fell on their car in south London as the capital was battered by strong winds.
All seven escaped without injuries after the tree fell on an Addison Lee cab in Southwark Street.
In a separate incident a tree narrowly missed a white van as it fell onto Bethune Road in Hackney this morning.
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The London Fire Brigade confirmed it attended Southwark Street at around 9.50am.
A spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a tree which had fallen onto a vehicle. Nobody was injured or trapped."
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Witnesses at the scene said six passengers were in the car at the time of the incident.
The London Ambulance Service confirmed nobody was seriously injured.
Tree surgeons were working this morning to clear the tree, which was blocking the road.
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The road was closed between Great Guildford Street and Southwark Bridge Road, Transport for London said. It reopened at around 11.40.
The incident came as London was battered by high winds from the tail end of Hurricane Gonzalo.
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