Dang Wangi deputy police chief Nazron Abd Yusof said the Swedish woman was an e-hailing passenger. The 26-year-old driver of the car was also injured, Bernama reported.

They were taken to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment.

It was earlier reported that a 47-year-old man in one of the cars died in the incident. Police are trying to locate his next of kin.

Nazron said clearance work was being carried out by the fire and rescue department, general defence forces, Kuala Lumpur City Hall and police.

He advised motorists to use alternative routes to reach their destinations until the clearance work is completed.

The tree toppled along Jalan Sultan Ismail, just outside the Concorde Hotel, during heavy rain at 2.19pm.

Branches also damaged a bus stop and fell on the monorail track, disrupting services.

Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Rapid Rail) announced tonight that four monorail stations were temporarily closed for cleaning and restoration work.

It said it will provide alternative services to ensure passengers can continue their journeys starting at 6am (Wednesday).

Rapid Bus will provide free shuttle bus services between the affected stations.

“The closure of four monorail stations to the public is due to the need for power supply shutdowns on the track to facilitate cleaning and restoration work.”

The affected stations are the Bukit Nanas monorail station, Raja Chulan monorail station, Bukit Bintang monorail station and Imbi monorail station, according to the statement.

Meanwhile, federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa expects the clearing work to be completed tonight.

She said most of the trees in the city were 50 to 80 years old and a private company was looking after them.

She said there was a need to look at the existing procedures to ensure disasters like this do not occur again.