95-year-old woman crawls from rubble after tree smashes her home

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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Woman, 95, crawls from rubble after tree smashes Northampton County home
Woman, 95, crawls from rubble after tree smashes Northampton County home. Watch this report from Action News at 4:30pm on May 20, 2019.

WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania -- A 95-year-old woman had to crawl over beams and under insulation to get to safety after a tree came crashing through her bedroom on Sunday night.

Barbara Evelande was fast asleep when severe storms started rolling through her town.

She awoke, finding rubble surrounding her in bed.

Evelande says though it wasn't easy, she knew she had to escape. She was desperate to check on her son, who lives with her.

"I'm gutsy. Always been that way," she said.

Fortunately, Evelande wasn't seriously hurt.

After the tree is cleared, she plans on getting a new roof for the home she's lived in for more than 50 years.