Bystanders, police lift tree from car to rescue DC driver
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}About 30 bystanders and D.C. police worked together to rescue a man driving home from his tree-service job after a tree fell on top of his car.
Officials say 45-year-old Marcelino Cruz was driving along a road in northwest Washington on Monday evening when a large tree fell on the car, crushing the roof and trapping Cruz inside.
Bystander Michael Durr tells WJLA-TV (http://bit.ly/2c45eHo ) that police encouraged everyone to work together to move the tree. Firefighters then ripped off the roof and rescued Cruz, whose condition has been upgraded to stable.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cruz remained hospitalized Tuesday with multiple injuries.
Cruz's family tells The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2bQtU4s ) Cruz had been driving home from his job at a tree-service company in Fairfax, Virginia.
U.S. Park Police say they are investigating what caused the tree to fall.