AX NEARLY IMPALES WOMAN IN CAR ON HIGHWAY

[Rhiannon12866]

TOPSFIELD, Mass. (KFSN) -- It was a scary moment on a highway north of Boston when an ax smashed through the windshield of a car.

Massachusetts State Police say the ax bounced out of a landscaper's dump truck at about 11 a.m. Wednesday on southbound Interstate 95 in Topsfield. They released a photo showing the ax with a corner of its blade stuck in the passenger side of the car's dashboard. The handle was sticking through the windshield.

Police say the car's passenger was "shaken up" but not hurt.

The truck driver, from Peabody, Massachusetts, was cited for failing to secure the ax, which carries a $200 fine.

Police say it could have been worse if the car's driver hadn't been obeying the 65 mph speed limit.

http://abc30.com/news/ax-nearly-impales-woman-in-car-on-highway/228840/



This picture comes courtesy of the Massachusetts State Police

[petronius]

1. The police are wrong about that speed-limit thing: if the driver had been

speeding he would have passed the truck already, and not been hit at all. But trust Johnny Law to try and sneak in a bit of "obey! obey!" moralizing...

[Rhiannon12866]

2. LOL! Good point!

If I'd been behind a truck like that, I'd probably make every effort to pass him... I only posted this because I thought it was a bizarre story...

[Cooley Hurd]

5. My first thought after reading that part, as well...

[47of74]

9. Oh my GOD. Someone in Massachusetts was doing the speed limit?!

And not 20 over or 30 under???

[TreasonousBastard]

3. JASON!

Great picture-- it was all over the news down here this afternoon. Must be viral by now.

The hands and feet of the woman look elderly. If so, since no one was hurt this could be great material for comics.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. LOL! I don't think I would have posted this if it wasn't for the photo...

I'm expecting Letterman or Jimmy Fallon to mention this tomorrow.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Ax and ye shall receive... a visit from Safelite.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm very glad no one was hurt!

[hootinholler]

7. Technically it's a hatchet

But hey, still a scary moment.

[47of74]

8. I remember seeing a show about a guy who survived having a metal pole go through his neck

He was riding along in a car when all of a sudden a metal pipe went through the windshield and impaled him through the neck. It was later reenacted on some medical show.

[TrogL]

10. Wondering it was his favourite axe?