By Renee Wood
A man in his 50s has made a lucky escape after a pine tree fell on his vehicle last night on Healesville-Yarra Glen Road.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 5.50pm on Wednesday 29 June and upon arrival found a 30 metre pine tree had fallen on the car’s bonnet.
Healesville SES and CFA crews arrived to assist and its believed the man was able to escape the vehicle through the back of the car.
Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said the man was taken to Box Hill hospital in a stable condition with minor upper body injuries.
Ausnet teams were also called with the tree’s fall damaging local power lines which saw disruption to power supply.
Ausnet was first alerted to the disruption by a customer around 6pm and a spokesperson said it was very helpful to ensure crews could act immediately.
Initially 68 homes were without power and by 10pm around 700 homes were affected with a greater isolated area needed to conduct repairs.
Crews worked throughout the night to restore power by 5am Thursday morning.
The public is encouraged to alert Ausnet to any power outages through its contact number 13 17 99.
