PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio – A family traveling on the Ohio Turnpike captured terrifying video of unsecured planks of wood flying off a truck and crashing through a windshield.
Load securement is important for the safety of everyone on the road. Fortunately, no one in this vehicle was injured when a board came through the windshield! This incident occurred June 17 on I-80 in Portage County. The at-fault driver was unaware he had lost part of his load. pic.twitter.com/a8FdIiXfOU
— OSHP_NEOhio (@OSHP_NEOhio) June 21, 2021
The video was taken on a dash camera on June 17 on I-80 in Portage County. You can clearly see when the unsecured planks fly off the truck in front of the car, missing that driver and one of them spears through another driver’s windshield.
A plank ended up between the driver and the passenger seat.
No one was seriously injured.
The driver of the truck did receive a citation.