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Kaitlin Easton & Aaron Morris

SKY Sports TV reporter has near miss after tree crushes car on driveway due to Storm Malik

A North East sports presenter has said he is 'badly shaken but still alive' after an ancient oak tree crushed his car parked on his driveway in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Keith Downie took to social media yesterday (29 Januray) and today to share footage of the significant damages his new motor has suffered due to high speed winds from Storm Malik falling a tree.

The Glaswegian reporter living in the Toon, who works for Sky Sports, was thankfully unscathed from the incident while the Oak crushed his BMW parked on his driveway - The Daily Record reports.

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