Photos by Mike Watiker
Rural Metro (TN) firefighters and Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad members responded to an incident in which a woman was trapped in her car by a tree branch.
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According to a release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the 20-year-old patient was pulling out of her driveway Monday when a tree fell on her vehicle and a branch went through her windshield, pinning her leg. Sheriff’s officers arrived on scene around 5:14 p.m.
Crews responded and extricated her from the vehicle. The patient was transported, and the extent of her injuries is not known. An infant in the back seat was no harmed.
Mike Watiker is on Twitter @mwatiker. He is managing editor at Knoxville Metro Fire/Rescue News.
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