News quickly spread through students and staff members of Wilson Elementary School that a tree had fallen on a teacher’s car. The car belonged to pre-school paraprofessional Ms. Dedra. Principal Ignacio Cantu Jr. was walking back to the office from his car when he witnessed the tree branch split from the tree and fall.

“The way the trees were swaying made me nervous and I had a strong feeling something bad was going to happen. That’s when I heard the crackling of the tree and saw the branch fall and shatter the back window of the car.”

Almost an hour later as pre-school teacher, Ms. Laura was returning to her classroom she heard the same crackling noises. As she turned to look up at the trees she watched as another tree branch split and fell, this time on her own car. The tree branch not only smashed the top of her red Ford Escort, but also blocked the entire street on Escuelita Ave.

Modesto Police Department responded along with Modesto Fire Department and quickly sawed up the tree branch. After hearing the news of trees falling on teachers cars student Israel Padilla commented, “I was freaked out! That tree could have hit us.”