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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>This is the astonishing moment a pub manager cheats death as a huge tree crashes through a roof just inches away from where she is smoking during Storm Arwen. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>CCTV footage shows Cheryl Pound, 55, on a cigarette break at 1.32am this morning at The Star on Market Street, Bridgend as Storm Arwen rages around her.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She was under a shelter smoking before she finished cleaning up the pub after closing.</p><div class=”moduleFull mol-video”><div><div itemprop=”video” itemscope=”itemscope” website content=”Pub manager’s incredible escape as tree crashes down next to her” itemprop=”name” /><meta content=”PT00M27S” itemprop=”duration” /><meta website itemprop=”thumbnailUrl” /><meta website itemprop=”contentURL” /><meta content=”2021-11-27T13:22:07+0000″ itemprop=”uploadDate” /><meta content=”576″ itemprop=”height” /><meta content=”1024″ itemprop=”width” /><meta content=”Pub manager incredibly escapes unhurt as tree comes crashing down next to her. Cheryl Pound was enjoying a cigarette under the
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winds felled a huge tree that landed next to her.website preload=”none”> <source website type=”video/mp4″></source> </video> </div> </div> </div></div></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In the video, she stands smoking her cigarette as the wind whips, blowing tables and chairs.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>As she moves forward to go back inside, she ducks and steps back as the tree swiftly falls to the ground.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She said she is ‘not a spiritual person’ but thinks the cigarette saved her life and put her in the right place at the right time. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The 55-year-old told: ‘The pub had shut and I went out for a cigarette before finishing cleaning up. The next thing I get attacked by a tree.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Ms Pound said: ‘That cigarette saved my life.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’I’m not superstitious at all. But there must be something up there. I think if I wasn’t under the shelter I would definitely be dead.'</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”></div> <noscript>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Footage shows Cheryl Pound (pictured) on a cigarette break at 1.32am this morning at The Star on Market Street, Bridgend</p></div><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-21″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous
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</div></div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The pub manager said she had been in the pub serving all night with the other staff and had not been concerned.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She said she had gone for her cigarette and heard a crack which she thought was someone jumping the wall.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>When she decided to step back the tree came down and, astonished, she crawled through the fallen tree back into the pub.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>As she moves forward a tree suddenly falls in the garden which misses her by inches as she ducks </p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Her colleagues were shocked when she told them what happened and how close she was to the tree hitting her.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Ms Pound has worked at the pub for 10 years and said the staff get on really well and were extremely relieved that she was not hit by the tree. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”> Storm Arwen has battered huge parts of the UK, with gusts of wind up to 100mph.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The trail of destruction has also caused train cancellations across the country, leaving many frustrated commuters stranded. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It has also tragically claimed the lives of at least three people, including a headteacher, who was killed by a falling tree as he travelled through Antrim.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The strongest of winds have now passed in the UK but Storm Arwen is expected to disrupt the country for a few more days. </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Ms Pound said she is ‘not a spiritual person’ but thinks the cigarette saved her life and put her in the right place at the right time</p></div></div>
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