OAKLAND, CA : Car destroyed after tree crashes through windshield on Monday, February 20th 2017

An Oakland motorist and her son are lucky to be alive after a tree smashed through her windshield as she traveled along a highway in Oakland.

KNTV reports (http://bit.ly/2l3Vi3E ) the woman had just entered Highway 13 Monday afternoon when a large tree fell on the front of her Volvo station wagon.

The woman and her son were not seriously injured, but the car was destroyed.

The woman was transported to the hospital to be treated for cuts and bruises.

The uprooted tree blocked lanes of westbound traffic Monday afternoon.

What caused the tree to fall has not yet been determined.

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Car destroyed after tree crashes through windshield