Ax flies off truck on highway, smashes through car windshield
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An ax flew off a dump truck in Massachusetts Wednesday morning, crashing through the windshield of a car and missing the passenger’s head by just a few inches, MyFoxBoston.com reported.
"If it had had any more inertia behind it, or if they were traveling a little faster, then one could speculate that the ax would've gone through," Joseph Risteen, a state trooper, told the station.
The Rhode Island couple was driving behind a dump truck on Route 95 in Topsfield, which is north of Boston. The unsecured ax became loose, flew off the truck, and got lodged blade-first into the windshield. The truck driver reportedly told police that he forgot about the ax in the back of the truck.
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Police did not identify the couple or the truck driver, but he was issued a $200 fine. The ax was returned.