Neighbors fear aging city trees will cause tragedy: ‘Playing Russian roulette’

RICHMOND, Va. — Residents in Richmond’s Rosedale neighborhood are concerned about the safety of city-owned trees after one fell on a house Tuesday.

While no one was injured in the incident, neighbors fear it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or killed.

“We really have a love-hate relationship with our trees,” said Grady Hart, who lives on Wilmington Avenue right across the street from where the tree fell onto a house.

The street on Richmond’s Northside resembles the entrance to a country estate with its gorgeous tree canopy, but news of an impending storm sends neighbors’ hearts racing when they look up into the willow oaks…

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