Overview
- The child was playing on Lamadrid Street when a tree fell onto his back Friday night, briefly trapping him.
- He was stabilized at Hospital Carrillo and then transferred to Hospital Notti for specialized pediatric care.
- Doctors at Notti diagnosed multiple crush injuries, and they call the next 48 hours critical as they watch for internal damage.
- Neighbors say they had warned about risky, unpruned street trees in the area, and no official municipal response appears in the reports.
- Recent incidents in Mendoza include a 65-year-old in Maipú hit by a falling branch, whose brain death was confirmed Saturday, highlighting broader safety gaps in public spaces.