Turtle flies through windshield in Florida

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http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/artic...2881548,00.html

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Ralph Glaister was shell-shocked when a flying turtle crashed through his windshield Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 95.

"There was a loud crash. When I looked up, there was glass all over me and a turtle sitting beside me in my van," the 45-year-old Deerfield Beach resident said. "It seemed like it happened in slow motion."

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Luckily, both Glaister and the cooter box turtle were not seriously injured. The turtle suffered minor cuts to its tail and back legs, but the shell was not damaged.

Glaister walked away without a scratch.

Glaister was more worried about getting immediate help for the 1-foot-long turtle than fixing his windshield after the crash.

"It is amazing (the turtle) wasn't injured," he said. "He came flying through the windshield at 70 miles per hour. Not many things can live going through a windshield like that."

He was driving to visit his girlfriend, Vero Beach resident Tracy MacLean, about 5 p.m. when the incident happened.

Glaister was heading north on I-95 just south of Indrio Road in St. Lucie County when he noticed the turtle attempting to cross the interstate.

 

[LadyinOrange]

If it was attempting to cross the interstate, how did it become airborne?

 

[U-T]

You didn't know that Turtles had wings? :dunno:

 

[MemphisVol]

I can't help thinking that if old Ralph had been 15 years younger or older, this would be just another mysterious highway statistic- a van suddenly flips out of control for no apparent reason; erupts in fireball; owner evidently lover of obscure reptiles.

But, being 45, a late baby boomer, and as a result having had certain experiences in his youth which made him slightly less excitable than other generations about unexpected dramatic alterations of reality as we know it, Ralph not only didn't lose control of his van when his windshield suddenly exploded all over him- Ralph didn't lose control when he looked down on the seat beside him and said, "Oh. Look. It's a flying Cooter Box Turtle."

 

[LadyinOrange]

:rlol:

 

[Big Orange Titan]

Try having an owl fly into the windshield at 11:30-12:00 at night. It happened to my stepdad. I wouldve had a heart attack.

 

[Freak]

:lol:

Great sig Big Orange Titan!!

 

[insuragator]

That's almost as bad as the aligator biting off the rear bumper of a Ford Escort last week :lol: