Snowy April weather keeps emergency personnel busy Sunday

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Unexpected winter weather caused a spike in accidents throughout the Mount Pleasant Area Sunday.

A fallen tree totaled two cars and tore an electrical wire from a house at about 3 p.m. at 1025 Washington St. There were no injuries reported from the incident.

Tecumseh junior Ann Travis, who lives at the home, compared the experience to watching the film “War of the Worlds.”

“We thought the world was ending,” Travis said. “Sirens were going off and I was about ready to see Tom Cruise and (Dakota Fanning). You never know how close to death you can be until a tree falls on your car.”

Travis owned a Black PT Cruiser that was wrecked by the tree. An Audi A4 belonging to Rockford sophomore Kalyn Langfeldt was also damaged.

Troy senior Lew Price said he and his roommates were not around when it happened.

“We pulled in five minutes after it happened,” Price said. “We saw all of (the emergency personnel) in the backyard and we were wondering, ‘What the hell are they doing?’ As soon as we drove up and saw, we were like, ‘Oh my God.’”

One accident throughout the day occurred on Bluegrass Road about 1 p.m, where a vehicle rolled over and at least one injury was reported. The vehicles involved in the accident were pulled out by Ace Towing, 1504 N. Fancher Ave.

Within the 3-to-4-hour period beginning at around 1 p.m., the company pulled out about 40 vehicles, said Tiffany Gepford, office manager at Ace Towing. The company dealt with at least three rollovers, including a few vehicles that hit guard rails on the expressway.

“At one point, we had about 17 calls. We were very busy today,” Gepford said. “People were surprisingly patient and willing to wait.”

A shift supervisor at the Mount Pleasant Police Department did not have information on the number of reported accidents and declined comment.