BRAMWELL, W.Va. — Ronnie Herndon was working Monday on a car in front of his Simmons Avenue house when he heard a popping sound. At first, he thought a passing car was making the noise, but he learned otherwise when he looked up. A huge tree was falling toward him.
First responders were alerted approximately 1 p.m. when Mercer County 911 received a call about a tree that had fallen onto a house. When rescue squad members and volunteer firefighters arrived at 518 Simmons Avenue, they saw that a tree has crushed a pickup truck and a home’s roof. Homeowner Ronnie Herndon, 72, was bleeding from his right arm. He declined transport to a hospital, said Ronnie Hodge of the Bluefield Rescue Squad.
A Ford F-150 was pinned under the tree truck, and the tree’s top had smashed the home’s roof. Herndon said he was working on a car parked in front of his truck when he heard a strange noise…