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"A man is claiming compensation from a Northamptonshire church for the loss of
his car after a tree fell and crushed it - missing him by a matter of seconds.
David Bott, 54, of Welford, Northampton, was returning to his car after
visiting a churchyard when the trunk of an overhanging tree split, crushing his
Vauxhall Omega.
Mr Bott said he was only seconds away from getting back into the car in Ashby
St Ledgers, near Daventry.
The shocked self-employed engineer is now claiming GBP2,750 from the
church's insurers for the loss of his car.
Mr Bott said: "If I had been in my car 10 seconds later, or 10 minutes earlier,
I would not be here now.
"I had parked up underneath the tree and it was beginning to spot with rain, so
I sat there for 10 minutes waiting and it stopped.
"I went for a walk round the churchyard and was going to carry on walking down
into Ashby St Ledgers when it started raining again.
"I went back to the car to get my coat and as I was approaching it I heard this
strange noise, almost like a jet overhead.
"All of a sudden there was this wallop right in front of me. The tree sheared
off and landed on the car.
"It completely crushed it. If it had happened maybe 10 seconds later, or even
10 minutes earlier when I was sat in it, then that would have been it."
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