Tree falls on Gilchrist County deputy's patrol car during Tropical Storm Elsa Published GILCREST COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida deputy saw first-hand some of the destructive nature of Tropical Storm Elsa. Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tracy Sanders had a tree fall on his patrol car while responding to a report of another fallen tree impeding traffic on U.S. Highway 129, just north of Trenton as Elsa was making its way towards the county. Deputy Sanders was inside his car with emergency lights activated to keep motorists from hitting a fallen tree, when he suddenly heard a distinct "cracking sound." As he looked up, he saw a second tree falling towards his patrol car.