A LARGE gum tree has fallen across a walking path at Merriwa Park on the same day the Wangaratta Chronicle ran a story about locals’ concerns similar trees could kill someone in the area.

The tree was fully uprooted and fell across a popular track near the Wangaratta Lawn Tennis Club, cementing the authenticity of the pre-emptive concerns.

Geoff Allen and Pat Heffernan have called for council to conduct a strategy to remove some of the unsafe trees in the park before someone is killed.