A three-tonne branch fell on the parked Porsche as Storm Otto battered Yorkshire.
The car wrecked during Storm Otto had previously been damaged by a branch from the same tree
A parked Porsche 911 sports car has been damaged by a tree in a storm for the second time in recent years. Zenya Dunne said the car was beyond repair after a three-tonne branch fell on it as Storm Otto swept through Harrogate in North Yorkshire on Friday.Ms Dunne said the car belonged to her partner and was the "pride of his life".The Porsche 911 was "crushed" by the fallen tree in Granby Road, Harrogate"This time, the car is completely and utterly crushed."
Ms Dunne said the car had been damaged a couple of years ago when a branch fell and she had been worried about the tree for some time. "It's a really, really big tree. It's been unsafe for quite some time and we've reported it numerous times," she added."It was lucky it was through the night. It could have been much worse if it had been through the day time."
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