Traffic & Transit
Flying Tire Smashes Into Woman's Windshield In Danvers
The tire fell from a pickup truck's trailer, according to the Danvers Fire Department.
DANVERS, MA—A Danvers woman is recovering from her injuries after a tire smashed through her windshield while driving over the weekend.
According to The Salem News, Karen Hagan was driving alone on Electronics Ave. behind a pickup truck that was hauling a trailer. Around 10 a.m. Saturday, a tire fell from that trailer.
It then bounced off the pavement, flew through the air, smashed through Hagan's windshield and slammed into her face.
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The Danvers Fire Department responded to the scene.
"On arrival crews found a vehicle in the travel lane with significant damage. A tire from a trailer being towed by a contractor had struck the vehicle and gone through the windshield," the department said in a post on Facebook. "Fortunately injuries to the single occupant were not life threatening."
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Hagan was transported to Beverly Hospital. She sustained a large slash to the forehead, a chipped tooth and a possible concussion, the newspaper reported.
The driver of the pickup truck was reportedly cited for a motor vehicle safety violation.
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