KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — One person was taken to the hospital after a tree feel and came crashing into their home on Westland Drive in Knox County Wednesday morning.
Several agencies including Rural Metro, Knox County Sheriff's Office, Knox County Rescue Squad and AMR responded.
Rural Metro crews said when they arrived, they found the tree had crashed into the home and caused severe damage. Crews worked quickly to rescue a woman trapped in a bedroom.
Crews said the woman was taken to the hospital for what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. No one else was inside the home.
"You've got these old growth trees that are probably 50, 60 years and beyond, and deciduous trees which are really dense and heavy. With all the rainfall we've had, it probably made the ground a little unstable," Larry Wilder with Rural Metro said. "We don't know exactly the cause, but we would think that would be a contributing factor to it."