Storms bring a mess to Shadyside

T-L Photos/GAGE VOTA ABOVE: A resident’s truck was destroyed by a tree that fell during the severe storm in Shadyside.
SHADYSIDE — As the month of April wrapped up with a line of strong thunderstorms blowing through the Ohio Valley, Shadyside residents were left assessing the damage done to their property from Tuesday evening’s bad weather.
Shadyside Village Council member Robert “Bushwacker” Gorrell said that several trees were taken out by the storm, with one nearly hitting the newly renovated shelter at the Shadyside baseball field.
He added that, although the tree missed the shelter, it didn’t miss a resident’s truck, totaling the vehicle.
“I know there were several trees that fell down there. One of them barely missed the new building that they just put up, and hit a brand new Ram pickup truck and demolished it,” Gorrell said.
Shadyside Youth Sports took to social media following the storm adding that its new garage shed made it through unscathed.
“Crazy storm wreaked havoc on our facilities,” the organization posted. “Thankfully no one was injured from the 5 trees that came down. Unfortunately, a nice gentleman lost his truck while his kids were at the playground, again, no one was injured. We’ve been working diligently since it happened to clean it up and will continue.”
The organization then thanked Mike Kolvek, Zac Parker, Jared Trifonoff, Jay Husek, Jayson Johnson. Nick Ongley, Noah Kritz, Josh Stevens, Bruce Eberle. Brent Sloan, Justin West. Jay Johnson and a few hard working kids, for assisting with cleaning up the debris left by the storm.
Several residents replied to the post, offering their hand in helping clear the debris left from the storm.
Gorrell said that he saw a few houses on 45th and Highland had their roofs blown off. He added that on the east side of the street, a few houses also sustained roof and porch damage.
He did say that although property was damaged or destroyed there were no reported injuries anywhere in the village as a result of the storm.