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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

MYSTERIOUS: Newborn baby killed by avocado falling from tree after council ignored calls to cut it back - You Need To See This

Avocados on a tree in Mexico (file) - (AFP/Getty)

A newborn baby was killed by an avocado falling from a tree while nestled in his mother’s arms, she has claimed, accusing the council of repeatedly failing to heed warnings to cut it down.

Baby Lucas was just 12-days old when he was struck in the head by the fruit outside of a nursery in Quilmes, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina last Thursday, according to local media.

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