CHARLOTTE — Severe storms that packed heavy winds brought down a big tree onto a one-story brick home in west Charlotte on Friday afternoon.
The damage to the home on Revolution Park Drive was extensive. It appeared that part of the home had collapsed under the weight of the fallen tree.
The storm started to hit 77-year-old Jeffert Shien’s home, so he tried to move his car to a safer location.
The tree crashed down onto the home and his car.
“It happened so fast,” he said.
Someone helped him out of the car.
His wrists were wrapped in bandages when Channel 9’s Glenn Counts spoke with him.
“If I hadn’t have gone to move the car and been in the house, I wouldn’t be here. I went in to get my phone,” Shien said. “The whole house is just caved in.”
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