Giant tree falls in woman’s yard from next-door property, sits for weeks

ATLANTA — A tree has taken over the yard of a 73 year-old woman, and she says it fell from property next door.

The home is near a creek on Avon Avenue in southwest Atlanta. Brenda Dixon, the homeowner, told Channel 2’s Candace McCowan that she has been working for weeks to get answers.

What the city and county said about the land LIVE On Channel 2 Action News at 6:00 p.m.

It came down during one of the winter storms weeks ago.

The windows of a car broke with branches inside, and large limbs blocked the back door of his house.

The homeowner says it fell from property she doesn’t believe is hers.

“All of the sudden, I heard something and I ran to the bedroom,” she said. “And after it settled down, I go to the kitchen, I open the door. All I could see was the big tree.”

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