MUST SEE: Van destroyed, vehicles smashed after huge tree falls in Cotswold

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The scene was incredible out of Charlotte’s Cotswold neighborhood Tuesday morning after a massive tree fell on several cars outside an apartment complex.

This is CRAZY. Neighbors in east Charlotte tell me they’re so thankful no one is hurt after this GIANT tree smashed into 3 vehicles overnight, nearly splitting one in half. I’m live on @TV64 at 8am walking you through the damage. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/VWQiU3NvAO
— Anthony Kustura (@AnthonyWSOC9) February 18, 2020

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Channel 9 crews could see where the huge tree toppled over at the Maple Way Apartments on McAlway Road, landing on three vehicles, demolishing a van.

[PHOTOS: Huge tree falls on cars in Cotswold neighborhood]

Reporter Anthony Kustura learned that all three vehicles belong to one owner, but that nobody was hurt.

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Neighbors said they first thought it was thunder, but when they came outside, they were stunned to find a row of cars with a massive tree on top of them. One neighbor said she rushed over to make sure no one was inside.

The owner Carlos Garcia told Channel 9 he was outside near the cars just hours earlier.

“I was last night, talking on the phone for 20 to 30 minutes and they went inside my apartment and two hours later, I heard when it fell,” Garcia said. “I could have been inside the van dead.”

No rain or wind was reported overnight, so it appears the tree may have just been rotten and fell under its own weight.

>> Watch the video at the top of this webpage to see Anthony’s live report from Eyewitness News Daybreak.

Neighbors in Cotswold are thankful no one is hurt after a GIANT tree smashed into 3 vehicles overnight, nearly splitting one in half. Anthony Kustura is LIVE walking you through the damage --> https://bit.ly/32bEBtp
Posted by WSOC-TV on Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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