A pedestrian in Portland is recovering in the hospital after being pinned by a 100 year-old tree.
The woman was walking by the giant elm in Portland, when it fell Wednesday afternoon.
A city aborist says the tree weighs about 20-to-25 tons! He says she’s one lucky woman.
There’s apparently a fungus on the tree’s roots, which wouldn’t have been detected above ground.
When the tree fell, it also damaged the historic church on the street.
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