MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A massive tree fell on two cars in Medford Tuesday afternoon, but no one was hurt in the accident.
Officers responding to reports of a fallen tree on Brookings Street just before 5 p.m. found a huge tree had fallen on two cars, completely crushing the roof of Claire Rhodes’s Volkswagen.
Rhodes said she was on a walk when her girlfriend called her with the news.
“My girlfriend called me and said a branch on your car this is not really a branch it’s the whole tree,” she said.
Rhodes and the owner of the other car were not hurt.
“Just glad no one got hurt but also it’s a relatively new car so that’s not nice to see that happen,” said Rhodes. “But, I mean you can’t really help it so hopefully, my insurance will cover it so it’ll be OK.”
Thousands of people are without power Tuesday morning after an intense rainstorm packing damaging wind gusts lashed Massachusetts overnight. The wind brought down a tree in Boston’s South End which landed on two more cars.
“It looked like it hit it pretty bad. It looked like most of it went into the street, into the middle. Surprisingly, no one was in, so no one was hurt,” said Maurice Benson, whose aunt’s car was one of the damaged vehicles.
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In Lakeville, downed power lines were blamed for sparking a fire.
Up north, the storm brought snow to parts of New Hampshire.
Wind gusts reached up to 45 miles per hour in Boston during the morning hours.
No word on the cause of the tree in Medford, but Rhodes said the tree’s age could be a factor.
“It’s been windier,” she said. “So we’ve had a couple of days where it’s been really windy and there’s been no movement of the tree no swaying or nothing.”
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