Lucky escape for truck hit by falling tree in Bosham

A Bosham woman says had she parked her truck just a few inches further back it would have been totally destroyed by a falling tree.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Feb 2016, 10:45 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2016, 06:40 BST

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A metal toolbox in the back of the truck broke the tree's fallA metal toolbox in the back of the truck broke the tree's fall
A metal toolbox in the back of the truck broke the tree's fall

Miraculously, the huge conifer landed on a metal toolbox in the back of her Mitsobishi L200 pick-up, breaking its fall as it crashed down in high winds on Sunday night.

Erica Brown, a landscape gardener, said: “The truck was parked in my drive and I came out to sort the chickens out as I normally do in the morning and low and behold I had a tree in the back of my truck.

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“A conifer had split and half of it had come down on the back of my truck. Had I parked just a few inches back I would have lost the truck for sure.

The conifer missed the cabin of Erica's truck by a matter of inchesThe conifer missed the cabin of Erica's truck by a matter of inches
The conifer missed the cabin of Erica's truck by a matter of inches

“There was a big metal toolbox in the back of the truck and that took the brunt of the fall.

“I phoned a tree surgeon friend who came out and moved it, and apart from a few dents it’s perfectly fine to drive.”

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The conifer missed the cabin of Erica's truck by a matter of inchesThe conifer missed the cabin of Erica's truck by a matter of inches
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