A large old oak fell across South Main Street near Merrill-Jennings Galleries on Tuesday night. (Gary Knox photo)
Traffic on South Main Street came to a halt around 7 p.m. Tuesday night when a large oak tree toppled across the road. Davidson police and firefighters were on the scene shortly after to control traffic and remove the limbs. Power reportedly was knocked out in the area, including to the Twin Oaks neighborhood, off South Main Street.
Davidson firefighters helped cut up the tree. (Belinda West photo)
Up on South Street we wondered what the noise was. We debated a tree falling versus something dropping onto pavement. So that’s what a tree falling on pavement sounds like …