'It happened fast;' Massive tree falls car with man driving in Bucktown

CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago man says he’s lucky to be alive after a tree fell on his car while he was driving.

It happened at about 3:28 p.m. in the 2200-block of West Lyndale Street, Chicago police said.

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Miguel Ares, 61, said he was driving westbound on Lyndale Street when, out of nowhere, the tree came crashing down on his car.

“I went to make a left hand turn here, there was a car coming up the alley so I paused for a second and the tree just came down,’ Ares said. “It happened fast. I couldn’t get out on my side, so I went out on the other side.”

Ares says his car is likely a total loss. Two other cars were also damaged.

ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler says there were wind gusts over 30 miles-per-hour in the area Monday afternoon.