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Female SUV driver injured when ice blows off top of tractor-trailer and crashes through her windshield on the Route 2 causeway in South Hero, Vermont

Modified Date: 
Sat, 01/30/2016 - 1:29pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Ice from truck crashes through windshield, injures driver

The Burlington Free Press reports (bfpne.ws/1PpuTZj) that the truck was travelling eastbound on the Route 2 causeway in South Hero just before noon on Saturday when the accident occurred. The Grand Isle sheriff's department says the truck did not stop. The female driver of the SUV the ice struck has not been identified and her condition is not known. A March, 2014 a document issued by the American Trucking Association states that Vermont does not have a law regarding the removal of snow and ice from trucks.
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Type: Car Accident
Roadway: 
the Route 2 causeway
City: 
South Hero, VT
County: 
Grand Isle County, VT
Area: 
Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY

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