By Chris Harris, New Era Staff Writer

Tuesday night’s storm left Hopkinsville with damaged roofs, downed power lines and at least one man with a wrecked truck.

Joe Parrino | Kentucky New Era A storm-toppled tree at 405 Country Club Lane crushed the truck’s cab and trailer Tuesday night.

Building developer Chad Parmley got a phone call at 6:30 this morning and learned that a tree had fallen on his utility truck parked on a construction site at 405 Country Club Lane.

The tree pierced the cab of the truck and damaged the trailer. The custom-built trailer held tools and construction equipment for a house Parmley is remodeling on the lot.

Parmley estimated a new trailer of the same type would cost about $25,000. He sent workers to other sites this morning to check for damage and found no other problems.

Christian County was under a tornado warning Tuesday night, and a severe storm passed through the area. The National Weather Service reported winds of 10 to 14 mph with gusts of 24 mph shortly after midnight.

The heavy winds also tore part of the roof off of the Sandy’s Corner Family Resource Center at Indian Hills Elementary School. Employees were setting up shop this morning in a classroom that was being used for storage and small instructional groups.

“Right now, they’re kind of displaced,” Joan Drury, curriculum specialist at Indian Hills, said. “But they’re working in the building.”

Drury said no classes were affected and “It’s business as usual.”

The storm also took down a power line on Donna Drive, a dispatcher at the Emergency Operations Center said.

Chris Harris can be reached at 887-3262 or charris@kentuckynewera.com.