Tree falls on Porsche & Audi in SF. #outerrichmond @kron4news One person inside Porsche is okay but had to be rescued... pic.twitter.com/2bDGcCVlZG
— J.R. Stone (@jrstone4) September 13, 2017
An Outer Richmond driver had a lucky escape Wednesday, when he emerged unscathed after an enormous tree fell on the car he was inside.
CBS 5 reports that the gigantic tree toppled at around 3 p.m. Wednesday, near the corner of 38th Avenue and Clement Street.
Yikes. Tree down, cars crushed at 38th/Clement in SF. @richmondsfblog @Hoodline pic.twitter.com/fOZYGbVISo
— Bonanos (@bonanos) September 13, 2017
When it fell, it landed on "several parked cars and one Porsche that was driving up Clement," they report. By around 4 p.m. crews with the San Francisco Fire Department had extricated the driver.
“I was just driving and — uh, lucky day — the tree just fell on my car,” the rescued man told CBS 5.
“They had to chainsaw me out. I was literally stuck, so they just chainsawed me out.”
A crew is on the scene to deal with the mess. TV news too pic.twitter.com/nEHIIMOcT9
— Bonanos (@bonanos) September 13, 2017
ABC 7 identifies the trapped man as SF resident Brian Cummings.
According to ABC 7, Cummings "was shaken up by the ordeal but otherwise unharmed."
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