Robust wind topples bushes throughout Tri-State; tree fall damages residence in Ridgefield, New Jersey the place teen knocked unconscious
RIDGEFIELD, New Jersey (WABC) — Robust winds brought on bushes to crash down throughout the Tri-State space, together with into an residence in New Jersey the place a teen was knocked unconscious.
In Ridgefield, the huge tree fell by way of the nook residence of the constructing on Brice Avenue close to Slocum Avenue simply earlier than 1:30 a.m., forcing evacuations.
Eyewitness Information spoke with the household that lives within the residence hit by the tree.
The daddy, Rubicon Okudzeto, was visibly emotional, and says he panicked as a result of he was uncertain concerning the situation of his 18-year-old son Gael who grew to become trapped in his room.
Okudzeto says his son fell unconscious moments after he head the massive bang in his son’s second flooring room
“Pray, simply praying for a miracle, I need to see a miracle,” Rubicon mentioned. “I mentioned a prayer that he might be alive and after half-hour he stepped outdoors and mentioned God is nice.”
The 18-year-old was rushed to the hospital however solely had ache in his arms.
Gael Okudzeto is aware of he was very lucky.
“I simply suppose I am fortunate to be alive proper now as a result of not all people could be this fortunate,” Gael mentioned. “And now we’re simply considering of the place we’re going to keep subsequent proper now.”
A crew eliminated the massive part of tree that crashed into the residence constructing, however the household is counting their blessings as a result of their son remains to be alive.
“He is doing OK proper now. The medical doctors who noticed him mentioned he is not purported to be alive,” Rubicon mentioned.
He shared video of the within of their residence.
Crews are engaged on the cleanup course of, however residents who have been evacuated aren’t capable of go inside at the moment.
The world across the tree was taped off earlier and the branches have been partially protruding onto the place the street.
No different accidents have been reported.
Some 10,000 prospects stay with out energy in New Jersey, with nearly all of the outage occurring after midnight.
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