My son had a large tree branch fall on his car on the Clara Barton parkway. He was miraculously uninjured but the car was very badly damaged. It wasn’t raining or windy when it happened.

The book Fuzz has a chapter about the death rates from falling trees and it’s astoundingly high. It seems like we lose at least one person each year in this area to falling trees. There were a couple particularly tragic incidents I recall (nearly a whole family killed; a small child walking with their parent killed in front of them). It often happens after rain.

My condolences to the family.

Anonymous wrote:This is really sad. I believe it also happened a few years ago at the intersection of EW Highway and Conn Ave in Chevy Chase.

It actually happened just last year on the same road.

Anonymous wrote:Link please

its on every local news station. Shut down the GW parkway for hours.

This is really sad. I believe it also happened a few years ago at the intersection of EW Highway and Conn Ave in Chevy Chase.

ugh wonder if all the construction disrupted the roots to make trees vulnerable to to falls. I drive that road tons. really freaky and sad

Link please

That just happened last summer after a storm further south on that road. What are the odds?

Wow that is awful.

What a nightmare! I feel so terrible for that person and their family.

Oh my goodness. That is so sad.

Shit happens and then you die.

When a tree fell on their car.