Crime & Safety
Driver Avoids Serious Injury After Rotting Tree Falls On Car
The driver walked away with a minor injury after a tree smashed into a car on Sunday. Check out a photo from the scene in the article.
BRENTWOOD, NY - A driver avoided serious injuries after a tree fell onto a car in Brentwood Sunday afternoon.
Suffolk Police received a 911 call at 2:41 p.m. reporting that a tree fell on a car on Brentwood Road.
Members of the Brentwood Fire Department also responded and found that a rotted portion of the tree fell landing on the windshield of the car, breaking the windshield.
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The occupant self extracted from the vehicle, Brentwood Chief John Boyle said.
Luckily, the driver only suffered a minor hand injury.
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Check out a photo from the scene below:
Brentwood, NY- A driver was injured, luckily not seriously, when a large tree limb fell onto her car as she drove on Brentwood Rd. pic.twitter.com/PHB7je7NFG
— Stringer News (@Stringernews) May 12, 2019
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