Narrow Escape for Pedestrian on Normandy Lane

On Monday September 14 around 11 am, a large tree branch broke off a very old tree lining Normandy Lane, falling directly onto a BMW that was parked on the street. A woman who was walking her dog on the street at the time, heard a loud crack and ran behind the car to avoid being hit, just before the branch fell. The car took the brunt of the fall, however the woman was badly shaken, bruised and scraped by the tree branches, but otherwise unharmed. Scarsdale Police responded immediately and sent an ambulance to examine and release the woman before she drove home with her husband. In addition, the Village sent a tree cutting crew to clear the tree branch from the street. The Department of Public Works returned the next day to cut down the tree and another tree across the street that was also deemed to be dangerous. The car was damaged.