One person was killed and another injured when the branch of a tree on a MHADA property collapsed on the adjoining footpath in Parel on Friday. The latest mishap has taken the death toll from tree collapse incidents to five this monsoon.

The tree touching the boundary of the MHADA water pumping station at Abhyudaya Nagar collapsed around 4.20 pm. Nathuram Maurya, a 48-year-old Kurla resident, was at his makeshift shoe stall on the footpath when the tree branch came crashing down on him. He was rushed to KEM Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Suhas Suryakant Palkar, a passerby, sustained minor injuries and was given treatment at the hospital.

A 36-year-old man, identified as Shoheb Farid Shaikh, was also admitted to the hospital, however, he was not injured in the mishap, said the assistant medical officer at KEM. Shaikh and some others were trying to remove a heavy branch to help Maurya when he suffered a cardiac arrest, doctors were told.