{"id":258310,"date":"2026-08-03T14:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:43:15","slug":"car-damaged-by-large-fallen-tree-in-philadelphias-wynnefield-heights-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258310\/","title":{"rendered":"Car damaged by large fallen tree in Philadelphia&#8217;s Wynnefield Heights section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, August 3, 2026 10:54AM<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors say it sounded like thunder when a large tree fell on top of a car in Philadelphia&#8217;s Wynnefield Heights section.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Neighbors say it sounded like thunder when a large tree fell onto a car in Philadelphia&#8217;s Wynnefield Heights section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happened around 9:30 p.m. Sunday along the 3900 block of Lankenau Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Residents say they had been concerned about the tree after branches had fallen during past storms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is dangerous because I was afraid this tree was going to fall on my house or her house, and now look what happened; it damaged a couple of people&#8217;s cars,&#8221; said Carmen Santiago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It is unclear if Sunday&#8217;s rainy weather contributed to the tree falling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">No injuries were reported.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, August 3, 2026 10:54AM Neighbors say it sounded like thunder when a large tree fell on top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[109674,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-258310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-109674","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}