A group of soccer players narrowly escaped injury in Pasadena on Tuesday afternoon when a massive tree limb crashed to the ground, crushing a bench where the players were sitting, officials said.

A council has been told to remove all park benches from under trees because of an ''absurd'' health and safety regulation, an MP said today. By Telegraph Reporters 06 September 2012 • 1:19pm ...

Horrified witnesses at Kissena Park in Flushing, Queens, described how Yingyi Li, 30, was pinned under an oak tree, bleeding profusely from the head.

Just days after a health and safety report condemned 'cotton wool culture', over-zealous officers have ordered a council to remove park benches - in case a branch should fall on someone sitting there.