‘Wow, that tree finally fell over’: Wicked winds cause oak tree to fall, crushes car in Hingham

A nor easter nudging it s way across Massachusetts sending trees toppling over Chris Scearbo was at his house on Smith Road in Hingham Thursday afternoon when he heard the wind pickup With the wind a huge oak tree came down across the street There was a big gust it just sounded like what you would normally hear in a nor easter the power went out noted Scearbo His wife Alissa came home shortly after I was very surprised to see that the whole driveway was covered in a tree announced Alissa And in their driveway under the tree sat Alissa s new car The windshield was shattered by the impact The windows are busted it s unfortunate explained Alissa But you know we re fortunate it didn t hit the house and that we weren t home or playing outside No one was hurt but also no one was quite surprised I came down to see like wow that tree at last fell over explained John Stoddard who lives up the street Neighbors like Stoddard announced they ve seen that tall oak tree leaning for specific time It s been leaning for years and every time I walk by because I walk every night all of a sudden it s like oh it fell ' explained Stoddard The south shore was hit hard by the nasty nor easter A massive tree fell creating a massive mess in Brookline A similar scene in Plympton where police had to block off a road after a tree brought down utility poles As crews begin to clean up the mess the Scearbos are just thankful that the damage is minimal We have our family we re safe we re healthy mentioned Alissa It ll be a big job to clean up this tree