Tree crushes car bought 90 minutes earlier in Surrey storm
A fallen tree crushed a car bought that evening in Newton, Surrey, during a storm that left about 135,000 BC Hydro customers without power at its height.
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A tree came down on a driveway in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood during Saturday night's storm, crushing a car that a young man had bought. The son had driven from Calgary with his father to buy it, his first car. The family had gathered for a barbecue around 7:30 p.m.
The tree fell less than five minutes after the family arrived. The son had backed the car into the driveway and gone inside. A nearby pickup truck was also damaged, and a fence came down. Younger cousins had been playing on a trampoline in the front yard shortly before, but had gone inside just as the family arrived. No injuries were reported.
The fallen tree brought down wires, and Surrey Fire Services responded. BC Hydro was notified.
BC Hydro spokesperson Mora Scott said Vancouver, Burnaby, Port Coquitlam and Surrey were the hardest hit.
