Man hospitalized after giant oak crushes car
Published: Sep. 10, 2015 at 12:08 AM CDT|Updated: Sep. 10, 2015 at 12:10 AM CDT
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - A man had to be extricated from his car and was hospitalized Wednesday after a giant oak tree crushed his car in the Irish Channel.
Police said the man was driving down Washington Avenue near Tchoupitoulas Street sometime after 7 p.m. when the tree, likely weakened by earlier heavy rains, toppled onto the street.
New Orleans firefighters were called to rescue the man, who police said was alert and talking.
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