A motorist narrowly missed being smashed into by a tree as it collapsed across both lanes of a quiet neighborhood street.
The tree came crashing down near an intersection in the Duke Park area of Durham, North Carolina.
Footage from another vehicle shows an SUV pulling up to a crossroads as the huge tree begins to fall.
Noticing the danger, the driver speeds up in an attempt make it past as the tree s branches begin to hit the ground and create a small gap for the vehicle to get through.
Luckily the SUV is seen pulling through and driving to safety just before it collapses.
Keep Evansville Beautiful giving away 100 free trees for Arbor Day By Jill Lyman | April 19, 2021 at 10:43 AM CDT - Updated April 19 at 10:43 AM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - To celebrate Arbor Day 2021, Keep Evansville Beautiful and the City of Evansville’s Urban Forestry Department are giving away 100 free trees to the public.
It will take place at Wesselman Park on Friday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is welcome to claim their free tree at the Arbor Day drive-through event.
You are asked to stay in your vehicles.
“We’re excited to partner with the City of Evansville, CenterPoint Energy and On The Spot Utility Resources to celebrate Arbor Day in such a unique way,” said Julie Welch, executive director of Keep Evansville Beautiful. “The purpose of this event is twofold: contribute to planting more trees around our beautiful city and educate the public about important safety messages such as contacting 811 before digging and following the Right Tree,
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‘Transformational’ tree regulation adopted in Mobile
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Lisa Ingram of Mobile, Ala., chains herself to a live oak to protest its removal from the site of the Hilton Garden Inn under construction near Bienville Square on Friday, July 3, 2015, in downtown Mobile. Ingram and police reached an agreement allowing her to leave the property and avoid trespassing charges. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com)
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These incidences, and more, illustrate “a vital part” of Mobile’s cultural and historic fabric. And for the first time in decades, the city made wide-ranging changes to Mobile’s ordinance regulating its trees.