A giant fig tree tore free of its foundations and flattened a sports car with a driver inside it in inner Sydney this morning.

Jason Chong was the driver and was on his way to work in Maroubra.

Mr Chong heard a loud ‘crack’ as he drove near Redfern Park in Redfern and that’s when the tree hit the car.

Nine News reporter Charles Croucher told Jim Wilson the driver is lucky to be alive.

“We are talking millimetres in it.”

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A man has miraculously avoided serious injuries after a giant fig tree toppled over, crushing his sports car convertible in #Redfern this morning.

The driver said he heard a loud “crack” before the entire tree “came crashing down”.

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— 9News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) April 19, 2022

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