Spring nor’easter brings down trees throughout area

Strong winds brought by Thursday s rare spring nor easter brought down a number of trees across the Boston area On West Neptune Street in Lynn a massive tree came down overnight hitting a power line and leaving the tree leaning on a triple-decker home In Everett a car parked by the side of a home was crushed by a large tree power lines could also be seen tangled up in the branches In Hingham a tree crashed down on top of an SUV parked in a driveway damaging the car s roof and glass Chris Scarbo was at his house in Hingham when he heard the wind pick up which was when a huge oak tree across the street came down shattering his wife s new car windshield There was a big gust it just sounded like what you would normally hear in a nor easter and the power went out Scarbo commented I was very surprised to see that the whole driveway was covered in a tree Trees were also announced downed in Malden Brookline Plympton Medford and more