(Council Bluffs, IA) -- A man is rescued from his vehicle after a tree fell on it in Council Bluffs.
Council Bluffs Police say just after 8:45 Tuesday morning, emergency personnel were called to the area of Stahl and Madison Ave. for a tree that fallen on two occupied vehicles. Once on the scene, crews found that a large, full-size tree had split near the base and a large portion had fallen across Madison Ave. The tree landed on top of two passing vehicles, a sedan traveling south bound and a full size pickup that was northbound, and one person was still pinned inside one of the vehicles. Four people, 3 adults and 1 juvenile, were in the south bound sedan. Police say they were able to get out of their vehicle. One person in the sedan sustained minor injuries.
CBPD says the driver of the north bound pickup was pinned inside of the vehicle for approximately 30-40 minutes while rescue crews cut the tree off of the driver and vehicle. Arrow Towing also brought in a in a large articulating boom tow truck to stabilize the tree and eventually lift the tree off of the pickup. The driver of the pickup was conscious and talking throughout the incident. Police say he was taken to the hospital by rescue squad with what is believed at this time to be non-life threatening injuries.