Massive tree comes down on Southern California driver

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With yet another storm, albeit a short one, drenching Southern California

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one woman in Riverside County is lucky to be alive after the already rain-soaked ground...

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gave way under a massive tree that came crashing down on her vehicle as she was driving Wednesday.

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First responders with the Riverside police and fire departments responded to the scene on Magnolia Avenue this afternoon.

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“We were sitting in my home and from the window,

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we saw the tree come down and I was very concerned because we saw there was a car underneath the tree,”

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nearby resident Angela Hall, who called 911, said.

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Hall added that the female driver appeared to have seen the tree falling

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and was able to stop just short of where her car would have been completely crushed.

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Video of the scene showed heavy damage to the front passenger side of the four-door BMW sedan and the windshield.

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The impact of the tree was enough to deploy the vehicle’s airbags, which reportedly injured the woman, according to Hall.

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The driver was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

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