Rick and Angela Pruitt were awakened in their home at 206 Hollyglenn in the Tamarack subdivision in Gun Barrel City about 4 a.m. Thursday. A bolt of lightning split a tree down the middle, leaving family members scurrying for safety. No one was injured, but Rick Pruitt had to jump inside the home and push his wife over to couch to avoid being crushed as the tree came through the roof.
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