Georgia woman rescued after tree falls onto car with her in it
ByJared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Georgia woman rescued after tree falls onto car with her in it A Georgia woman was rescued Sunday after a tree fell onto her car while she was still inside it. (Atlanta Fire Rescue/Atlanta Fire Rescue)
ByJared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
ATLANTA — A Georgia woman was rescued Sunday after a tree fell onto her car while she was still inside it.
A large oak tree and power lines fell on this car on Donald Lee Hollowell @ Eugenia Street. Firefighters, including our Heavy Rescue Unit, Squad 4, were able to successfully free the trapped woman. She was transported to the hospital with injuries. #AFRDpic.twitter.com/brfMFRPxeg
— Atlanta Fire Rescue (@ATLFireRescue) June 20, 2021
The woman, who has not been identified, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Firefighters said the tree almost landed on the woman’s head.
Heavy rains and winds caused by Claudette downed trees and power lines across Atlanta Sunday.
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Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) (STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD/AP)
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Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) (STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Lamont Pepp, right, waves to a passing motorist to slow down after Pepp's car stalled in high water on Gause Boulevard in Slidell late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) (STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) (STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast A worker moves water tricycles off the beach in Biloxi, Miss., as a tropical system approaches on Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. (Margaret Baker/The Sun Herald via AP) (Margaret Baker/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast A car stops in front of neighborhood flooding after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Jessie Kingsmill stands in her driveway with her children Marina, 8, right, and Raylan, 8, as water recedes after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Danny Gonzales, right, stands in front of his flooded house with his neighbor Bob Neal, upset with power company trucks driving though the flooded neighborhood pushing water back into his home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Jessie Kingsmill points out crickets to her daughter Marina, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast A flooded neighborhood is seen after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Cal Kingsmill, Jr., and his wife Jessie Kingsmill, point out crickets to their children Marina, 8, and Raylan, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, flooding to Gulf Coast Danny Gonzales, walks in his flooded house as water recedes, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
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