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Kentucky man cheats death after tree falls on car trapping him inside - video

Howard was driving his church van through Ashland's Central Park when he was caught in the huge hailstorm

Jack Simpson
Tuesday 14 April 2015 11:27 BST
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Josh Howard was trapped in his car after the tree crushed it (ITN)
Josh Howard was trapped in his car after the tree crushed it (ITN) (ITN)

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A Kentucky man was lucky to escape with his life after a large tree crushed his van trapping him inside during a major hailstorm last week.

Josh Howard was driving his vehicle through Ashland’s Central Park in Kentucky when he was caught in the storm that saw tennis ball sized hailstones fall from the sky.

The hailstorm was part of the terrible weather experienced in America’s Midwest last week.

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