A father is severely injured and his family of six is left without a home after a massive tree fell onto their house in Castro Valley. Now, the family and the community are demanding that county officials act to remove nearby trees, before any more disasters happen.
A father is severely injured and his family of six is left without a home after a massive tree fell onto their house in Castro Valley.Those living in a Castro Valley neighborhood are demanding that Alameda County act quickly to remove trees that they believe pose a threat to homes. This comes a week and a half a tree fell onto a home and left the father inside with serious injuries.
The massive eucalyptus tree that fell is still sitting in the middle of that Castro Valley home on Sandy Road a week and a half later. The family living there, which includes four kids and their mom and dad, are now homeless. The father who was hit by the tree and rescued, is still in the hospital.First responders rescue Castro Valley man pinned under eucalyptus tree that crashed through house
"He was pinned under the tree, literally right under luckily the couch and a wall behind it kind of supported the entire thing. He was responsive the entire time so he could tell them 'I could breathe.' They took their time to really figure it out, cut him out of there," said Heather Gonzalez who was also inside with their four kids. The tree came down on their father who was sitting alone on the couch watching the Raiders vs. Chiefs game.
"Just hear this huge, well really, I felt the shake and I thought it was an earthquake, and I was like nobody move aftershock. Then one of our middle kids comes in and he's screaming you know, daddy is screaming! There is debris everywhere and I see this huge trunk crossing my living room and that's when it dawns on me that a tree fell and it's massive as I get closer," said Gonzalez.
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