Mark Maness, the owner of the 2007 Honda Civic SI, tries to get into the car that a rotten tree crushed Wednesday afternoon in the 1800 block of East Second Avenue. “It was a really great car,” said Maness, “and we were just talking at lunch today with my partner Stephanie, thinking we should maybe sell it and get something that’s better in the snow.”

Mark Maness, the owner of the crushed 2007 Honda Civic SI, talks with his partner Stephanie Athena-Marie after a rotten tree fell the car Wednesday afternoon in the 1800 block of East Second Avenue.

Durango Police Department Officer Ethan Anderson talks with Mark Maness after a rotten tree fell on Maness’ Honda Civic Wednesday afternoon in the 1800 block of East Second Avenue.