Turkey Vulture Collides with Car
I just saw this on the local New York ABC affiliate 12:00 news:
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - State police say a turkey vulture injured a passenger when it crashed through a minivan's windshield Friday. It happened on Interstate 80 in Parsippany. State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones says a man was driving his Dodge Caravan in the eastbound lanes when the bird flew up. Jones says the bird went through the glass and ended up in the seat. The man's wife, who was a passenger, had glass fragments around her eye. Jones says the vehicle was towed away by Eagle Towing.
The report showed footage of the vehicle with a huge hole in the windshield. The bird did not survive.
UPDATE 3/28: Not a Turkey Vulture, but a Turkey. Bad NJ Reporting - pic here
13 comments:
We have turkey volutures always around the highway. This is such a wierd incident. Thanks for sharing. Anna :)
What a freaky accident.
Something I've noticed, reading reports like this:
They always say "the bird FLEW INTO the car"or otherwise implying that it was the bird's fault.
I'm glad the people are okay, but I'm sad for the TV.
Good point Susan!
The vulture was probably just enjoying a meal that some other car had laid out for it.
Tragic all around, though I morbidly enjoyed the fact that the towing company was "Eagle Towing." I've had a half-dozen near-misses (actually, near-hits, as George Carlin would point out) this year, but nothing bigger than a starling.
-Mike
LOL! I didn't even pick up on the Eagle Towing thing.
Ya gotta love George Carlin.
Canada Geese bring down passenger jets, Turkey Vultures bring down Dodge Caravans...maybe Hitchcock was right!
Patrick--I don't know if you was a picture of the bird in the backseat but the officer who declared it dead needs a lesson in bird ID. It was a Turkey--NOT a vulture. Anyway . .
@Michael - I did not see a picture, but that is a pretty poor misidentification.
I should have just posted the link and let everyone make up their own mind. BTW, I hadn't seen the photo when I made my quote--was going on the ID from the reporter.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/turkey_crashes_through_windshi.html
Definitely a turkey! I guess that guy just knows what they look like roasted and stuffed.
OUCH!
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