The Shawshank tree fell over due to natural causes, but.

Jan 10, One of California's famous 'drive-through' trees toppled by winter storm. (CNN) - California is being battered by a wet winter storm, and it's claimed one of the state's iconic giant sequoia Estimated Reading Time: 50 secs.

Jan 10, An iconic living tree with a tunnel so big that visitors could once drive through it toppled on Sunday during a winter storm.

The sequoia, nicknamed the. Jan 09, An iconic California tree with a hole big enough to drive a car through has died. The tree, which stood in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, had lasted years with a giant hole drilled through Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Jan 09, There once was a giant old sequoia tree with a tunnel in the center so big you could drive a car through it.

It sounds like a tall tale, but it was real. That tree, called the Pioneer Cabin Tree, Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.

It still lies where it fell, and is now known as the Fallen Tunnel Tree.

Jan 09, Winter storm fells one of California’s iconic drive-through tunnel trees, carved in the s - The Washington Post."This iconic and still living tree - the tunnel tree - enchanted many Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Aug 13, The Chandelier drive-through tree did not fall down, you can still drive through it. Another of the naturally formed drive-through trees did fall down, I think it was called the Tunnel Tree.4/5. Jun 07, California’s first drive-through tunnel was carved out of a dead and burned giant sequoia at Tuolumne Grove in Yosemite National Park.

The tree was struck by lightening but was still living when she was cut down at 90 feet from the ground and debarked. She Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.