HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - Severe thunderstorms are wreaking havoc in Broward County as a lighting strike is believed to be the cause of a downed tree that toppled over and hit a powerline and a vehicle.
A large branch came crashing down, near Washington Street and South Dixie Highway in Hollywood, striking a powerline and vehicle early Friday morning.
Video shows the tree resting across the vehicle’s windshield, but according to fire rescue, the damage was minor.
“All we heard at about three o’clock in the morning, it fell down, crashed into the roof, woke, startled everybody in the house, woke everybody up, my daughter included,” said the home owner. “She woke up nervous, scared, four years old, so she didn’t know what was going on, she got up yelling asking for me and I went out checked come to find out half the trees on the floor on the roof crashed into the car ruined our whole morning.”
Residents may be without power for a while.
It’s believed the heavy rains may have played a factor.
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