Jean Ferrebee believes she's lucky to be alive after her SUV plowed into a tree that fell onto the roadway in front of her while she was traveling home on Hoagland-Blackstub Road Wednesday night.


"I looked up and here's that tree coming right at me and I hit the brakes and it didn't do any good," Ferrebee says.


Ferrebee was on her way home from church when the storm system's intensity brought heavy rain and gusting winds. She says water accumulation on the roadway forced to slow her speed to about 35 miles per hour and she's glad she did. 
 
Both Ferrebee and the state trooper on scene believe the timing of tree's fall likely saved her life.

"Two seconds either way, it probably would have flattened me," she says.

Ferrebee walked away with damage to her her vehicle and a few bruises, but she says it's a small price compared to what could have happened instead.