Cyclist, 38, passes away after tree falls on him in Amsterdam

A 38-year-old man from Amsterdam passed away when a tree fell on him while he was cycling on the Sloterweg in Amsterdam Nieuw-West on Sunday 25 October, the Amsterdam police said.

Late that afternoon, the police received a report of someone lying under a fallen tree. Emergency services were sent in large numbers, but sadly he had already passed away. How the accident could happen is being investigated, the police said.

Storm Boelo

The accident happened during storm Boelo, which brought strong to stormy winds to the Netherlands on 24 and 25 October, according to KNMI. On Vlieland the wind reached an hourly average of force 9, the threshold for a storm. KNMI issued a code yellow warning for severe gusts in the coastal provinces, which include North Holland, and in Limburg.

The police have not said whether the storm caused the tree to fall.

Before you set off

KNMI publishes its weather warnings on its website and in its app, in code yellow, orange or red. Check them before you cycle in strong wind.