The Brief
- A 90-foot Red Oak tree crushed a garage and cars at a Stone Mountain home Monday morning.
- An 80-year-old woman and her husband survived without injury when the tree collapsed onto their property.
- Insurance representatives and an arborist evaluated the property damage to handle repairs for the family.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – An elderly Stone Mountain couple escaped injury Monday morning when a massive 90-foot Red Oak tree crashed into their home and flattened their garage.
Stone Mountain tree collapse
What we know:
Dorothy Jackson, 80, was relaxing on her bed around 11 a.m. Monday when a loud noise shook her home on Allgood Way. She thought the house had exploded as the 90-foot Red Oak tree crashed through the structure.
The tree collapsed the garage roof onto two cars, flattening them completely and shattering the glass. Two additional vehicles that the couple normally drives to run mid-morning errands were also damaged under the fallen roof.…