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Driver injured after a giant oak tree crushed his car in the Irish Channel, LA




Source: Kimberly Curth

Source: Kimberly Curth 


Posted: Sep 09, 2015
Written by: FOX8Live.com Staff


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.

Fox8live.com will update this story as details become available.