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Freak Accident In Carbon County

Freak Accident In Carbon County - Friday, March 13, 2009 at 11:05AM EST

Reported by: Jeff Chirico
Friday, Mar 13, 2009 @ 11:05am EST
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY --A driver is severely injured after a rock smashes through the windshield of a car traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension. It happened after 9 Friday morning, just north of the Mahoning Valley interchange.

Rescue crews tell Eyewitness News a rock likely flew off a truck and crashed through the windshield of a car driving northbound.

A helicopter landed next to the highway to fly the driver to the hospital. We do not know the extent of the driver's injuries.