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Big branch smashes car in Arboretum

(Images courtesy CHS reader Thomas)

E Pike wasn’t the only location for oddly smashed cars this weekend. CHS reader Thomas sent us these pictures including a scene of triumphant jubilation from a man who narrowly avoided injury in what must have been a surprising greeting in the parking lot of Washington Park field next to the Arboretum’s Seattle Japanese Garden.

According to Thomas, a man and woman said they were inside the car when the giant maple limb crashed down Sunday around 9 AM. The occupants of the car emerged unscathed, Thomas reports. A photograph of the adrenaline-boosted triumph of survival also created some buzz on Reddit over the weekend.

A Seattle Parks spokesperson tells CHS the city had “quite a few trees fall” over the weekend. In fact, as a crew arrived to assess the damage Sunday morning, they were called away to an incident involving a tree falling on a house elsewhere in the city. The spokesperson said the owner of the car was able to remove enough debris to move the vehicle. As for paying for the damage, “We have spoken with the owner of the car, and directed them to the City’s claims process for accidents such as these,” the spokesperson said.

She also said it’s the time of year to take note of precarious limbs and tree trunks. “It’s the season where we see a lot of trees falling, so if there is a tree that is threatening to fall, or a has fallen, please give our team a call,” she said.

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