Severe thunderstorms muscled through Dearborn and Dearborn Heights on Friday, tearing up trees and snapping hefty limbs like twigs as they rolled across city blocks. In Dearborn Heights, one towering tree came crashing down onto a parked car, caving in the windshield and stopping neighbors in their tracks.
Police, fire, and public works crews hustled from call to call as streets turned into obstacle courses of downed trunks and scattered branches. Blocked roads and tangled limbs kept first responders busy well into the evening.
Dearborn Heights resident Yassir Salih was still trying to process the scene after a tree slammed into his parents’ vehicle. He told reporters, “I’ve never seen it in my life,” as he stood near the wrecked car. Another neighbor, Jean Poma, pointed out that, as scary as it looked, it could have been worse. “We’re really lucky,” she said, as per ClickOnDetroit, explaining that the sprawling branches helped cushion the impact…