Neighbors save woman trapped in car by fallen tree
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman was trapped in her car when an 80-foot oak tree fell on her while at a stop sign on the north side of Indianapolis. Neighbors stepped in to save her life.
Around 6 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Hoover Road and Spring Mill Lane, the 200-year-old tree came crashing down as storms from Hurricane Helene raged .
At the intersection’s stop sign, a gray SUV rolled up and landed directly under the tree’s limbs. The branches immediately shattered her windshield and missed her by inches.
Trapped inside her car, she managed to move closer to the back.
That’s when neighbors began to arrive and noticed the trapped car with a woman inside.
“Terry said, ‘There’s somebody in that car.’ And I said, ‘What car?’” Spring Mill Lane resident Todd Tetrault said.
Tetrault and fellow neighbor Terry Keuhl jumped into action and moved branches away from the car’s hatchback.
“Todd and I did our best to heave a giant branch out of the way,” Keuhl said.