HIXSON, Tn. (Gray News) – A large tree crushed a car driving down a road in Hixson, Tennessee, Sunday evening.
According to officials on the scene of the crash, someone cut a large tree that fell on the car, trapping the driver in her mangled vehicle.
The Chattanooga Fire Department said in a post on Facebook that a child who was also in the car was unharmed and pulled out by bystanders before crews arrived at the scene.
The driver was pinned under the weight of the tree, the windshield and the dashboard.
According to the fire department, firefighters had to build a wooden structure to help support the heavy objects during the extrication, as well as airbags to lift the huge tree to remove the car doors to get the driver out.
“It was an extended, challenging operation that took focus, patience and skill,” the fire department stated in the post.
The driver was taken to the hospital with injuries to her lower extremities.
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