A COUNCILLOR sounded the alarm to highway services when she spotted a tree blown over into the street by Storm Otto, hours after a man was taken to hospital after being struck by another tree. 

Sheffield councillor Barbara Masters came across the debris on Highcliffe Drive, Ecclesall, last week. 

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She reported it to Streets Ahead – which manages the highways in the city for Sheffield Council – which treated it as an emergency. 

Coun Shaffaq Mohammed, fellow Ecclesall ward councillor, said at the time: “Storm Otto has arrived in Sheffield, this tree is one of the first casualties.”

A man in his 50s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by another blown over tree in the city, police said.

A nearby property was also damaged and structural engineers have been dealing with the mess after closing the roads.

Gusts of winds up to 70 mph brought widespread disruption across the country with trains, planes and power lines affected.