Motorist Injured After Falling Tree Hits Car

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a sideways vehicle at around 9:10 a.m. Tuesday.

The car had been traveling when it was struck by a tree on Westlake Drive near Tuckerman Lane in Rockville. One adult was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. MCFRS moved the tree out from the path of oncoming vehicles. Additional emergency personnel were on the scene.

ICYMI (~910a) On W. Lake Dr. near Tuckerman Lane, Single vehicle struck by a falling, @MCFRS_EMIHS transported 1 adult NLT, @mcfrs PE726, A726 responded (MCFRS move the tree out of roadway) https://t.co/PuPMudMEpI pic.twitter.com/1XzLgv5J8K

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 4, 2020

Video of the incident was captured by an onlooker.

Tree lands on traveling car #rockville #maryland #tropicalstorm https://t.co/6v8KkwFTcw

— NightRiderTunes (@NightRiderTunes) August 4, 2020

About Tori Bergel

Tori Bergel was a summer 2020 intern at Montgomery Community Media. At the time, she was a rising senior within the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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