KETTERING — Wednesday night’s severe storms caused a tree to fall on a house while a mother and daughter were inside.
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Barbara McCarty and her daughter Sharon Williamson were in their Kettering home as heavy winds and rain rolled through the region.
McCarty has lived in the house for over 30 years. She said she sat in her living room that night thinking the storm had already passed.
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“[Williamson] was coming up the hall and she said ‘Oh, mom, did you hear? It’s coming.’ And down came the whole thing,” McCarty said.
The tree was blown over around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. It dismantled the awning over their front porch.
Their couch was covered in insulation and drywall that fell from the ceiling above. News Center 7’s Mason Fletcher reported that the roof was visible from inside their living room.
The tree that fell had been there since before the house was built in 1956, according to McCarty.
McCarty and Williamson both made it out of the house without significant injuries. McCarty told News Center 7 she was lucky and got out of the way just in time. McCarty had only a small cut on her arm.
The mother and daughter stayed in a hotel Wednesday night, but said they were eager to get back to start working on house repairs.
“I’m just glad to be back in the house because I hate to leave it because it was more or less open at that time,” McCarty said.
Crews began removing the tree Thursday morning. News Center 7 crews saw them vacuum the insulation out of the living room and put tarps over the roof this afternoon.
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