JSO Sgt. Hungerford said the crash was reported around 4:30 a.m. Friday after a driver headed north on Kernan Boulevard took the exit ramp for Beach Boulevard.

In due course, the canopy came crashing down. Then the trunk was hewn away and eventually, the stump was hacked off. I could not but be reminded of Gieve Patel's immemorial poem, On Killing A Tree: ...

Car crashes into tree on Kernan Blvd. and Beach Blvd., killing driver A JSO investigator said the driver misjudged the exit ramp for Beach Boulevard on Kernan Boulevard, leaving the roadway and ...