<p>Palghar: A 70-year-old woman was crushed to death after a tree fell on her at Virar in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/maharashtra-india">Maharashtra's</a> Palghar district, but her body remained unnoticed under the tree and was recovered after locals complained of foul smell, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident of tree collapse occurred on June 19, they said.</p>.<p>"The victim, Manjula Jha, stepped out of home to visit a temple around 6.30 am, but a large tree fell on her on the way. After she failed to return home till late night, her family launched a frantic search to no avail. Her son then lodged a missing person's report at the Arnala police station," district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said.</p>.Thane: Nine children injured, five seriously, after tin roof falls on football ground.<p>Two days later, the residents complained of a foul smell emanating from near the collapsed tree. After that, a local rescue team and that of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) started removing the tree from the spot, when they found a partially decomposed body of the elderly woman trapped under it, he said.</p>.<p>The deceased woman was later identified by her son and her body was sent for a post-mortem procedure to a government hospital, the official said, adding that a case of accidental death was registered. </p>
<p>Palghar: A 70-year-old woman was crushed to death after a tree fell on her at Virar in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/maharashtra-india">Maharashtra's</a> Palghar district, but her body remained unnoticed under the tree and was recovered after locals complained of foul smell, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident of tree collapse occurred on June 19, they said.</p>.<p>"The victim, Manjula Jha, stepped out of home to visit a temple around 6.30 am, but a large tree fell on her on the way. After she failed to return home till late night, her family launched a frantic search to no avail. Her son then lodged a missing person's report at the Arnala police station," district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said.</p>.Thane: Nine children injured, five seriously, after tin roof falls on football ground.<p>Two days later, the residents complained of a foul smell emanating from near the collapsed tree. After that, a local rescue team and that of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) started removing the tree from the spot, when they found a partially decomposed body of the elderly woman trapped under it, he said.</p>.<p>The deceased woman was later identified by her son and her body was sent for a post-mortem procedure to a government hospital, the official said, adding that a case of accidental death was registered. </p>