State Police report a hatchet came flying through the windshield of a car traveling south on I-95 in Topsfield this morning due to the carelessness of the driver of the landscaping truck in front of them - who failed to tie down the hatchet:
Thankfully, the axe only went halfway through the windshield. The passenger who is partially seen in the photo was shaken up (who wouldn't be?) but not injured. Trooper Joseph Risteen of the Newbury Barracks responded to the scene and cited the truck driver, who is from Peabody, for failure to secure cargo.
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Bill the landscapper
By Lecil
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:37pm
For both a replacement windshield and to clean the passenger's side seat and pants!
Yyyiiikkkeeessss!
Reportedly, Susan Tran Is Rushing To The Scene
By Elmer
Tue, 08/30/2016 - 11:55pm
lol
By nikkinunu
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 4:18pm
Good One!
Susan Tran - In Elegant Dress With Matching Gloves - I Like Her!
By Elmer
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 6:51pm
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WHDH blew it
By adamg
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 8:03pm
They assigned some other reporter to the story.
Checked the directories
By AMCoffee
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:52pm
Didn't find Lizzie Borden Landscaping with a place of business in Peabody.
Yet another reason
By roadman
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:52pm
not to hang behind landscaping trucks.
Or let them pass you?
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:55pm
Or cut you off?
Without knowing the circumstances, we can't know that they were following.
The cops say the driver of the car was doing the speed limit, which puts them in the lower quartile of traffic speed on that stretch.
Where did I say that this driver
By roadman
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 7:04pm
was following the landscaping truck? I merely pointed out that this incident demonstrates one of several reasons why it isn't good practice to follow immediately behind a landscaping truck. Especially on a high speed highway like I-95.
Right you are, roadmap
By From the nice part
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 10:34pm
You don't have to follow even if they get in front of you. Slow down and move away. I always, always, try to stay away from all trucks with loads in their beds.That's 101.
Next session class shall discuss not letting yourself get boxed in by tractor-trailors as well as passenger vehicles.
Give yourself an escape route!
Borden Landscaping Service?
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:52pm
Of New Bedford?
Try Fall River
By Queequeg
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 3:36pm
Try Fall River
Duly Noted!
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 5:01pm
.
Same thing.
By Dave
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 5:33pm
Same thing.
BBC news
By MadMax
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 7:51pm
This great photo made the beeb news.
Was very amusing too. The axe
By DTP
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 7:49am
Was very amusing too. The axe came off a lorry on "the I-95 Motorway".
I guess that's still better than the staties calling it "Route 95" though.
I'll share a cozy B+B with you any day
By Call me Ishmael
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 10:40pm
You noble savage, you!
Holy
By Hyde_Parker
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:52pm
*$%#!!!
Glad that no one was injured.
GOOD GOD.
By gotdatwmd
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 3:05pm
GOOD GOD.
This is some terrifying Final Destination shit right here.
Typical road rage incident.
By Rob Not Verified
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 3:29pm
Typical road rage incident. Driver had a real axe to grind.
Now the middle class is
By Dave
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 5:37pm
Now the middle class is getting hatcheted as well as hammered. Wait til they hear about this at the cheese store.
Prepare for the worst
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 8:24pm
... always batten down your hatchets.
Last time
By Sock_Puppet
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 7:02pm
I count chickens in the car
this story has been translated by the BBC
By anon
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 8:30pm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28573371
lol
By nikkinunu
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 2:18am
Thanks for the link!!
They have a find/replace macro at the BBC?
By Alex_Toth
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 8:55am
They must take the news reports from the US and do a find and replace on "truck", "highway", and "windshield" whenever they write something.
The nomenclature is actually
By gotdatwmd
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 9:11am
The nomenclature is actually wrong. A lorry is a semi truck, not just any old truck.
Everyone British I know uses
By DTP
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 9:22am
Everyone British I know uses lorry in pretty much every instance where we use truck. Though they sometimes use truck themselves.
From my experience, and from some quick dictionary checks just now, lorry seems go be a generic word for any truck.
Also I note that Top Gear's usage is consistent with that.
Wha? No way in hell they
By gotdatwmd
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 10:33am
Wha? No way in hell they called that Hilux a lorry.
No, true, I had forgotten
By DTP
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 11:02am
No, true, I had forgotten about pickups.
But look at, say, the Burma Special. Those certainly weren't semis they were driving. Clarkson's was even a similar truck to this one! Yet every time it was almost always "lorry" (or for Clarkson, "sports lorry").
Clicked on your link and saw
By mf
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 10:01am
Clicked on your link and saw it got picked up elsewhere and translated.
LUCKY ESCAPE: Passenger avoids death after AXE smashes through windscreen
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/391885... (London)
Flying axe lodges in dashboard
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life... (New Zealand)
Axe Flies Through Car Windshield On Highway
http://news.sky.com/story/1310474/axe-flies-throug... (England)
At least
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 11:58am
the landscaper has ended his long argument with windshields.
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