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Rock dropped off overpass, hits trucker
Rock dropped off overpass, hits trucker
7/21/08
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A semi-trailer truck driver was injured overnight after a rock thrown from an overpass went through the windshield and struck him. No one is in custody.
The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Monday on westbound Missouri 350 at 67th Street in Kansas City. The driver, who was knocked out by the rock, left the roadway, according to media reports.
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I don't understand why people do things like that.
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Angry Rock Shatters Windshield; Tractor-Trailer Crashes
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A rock tossed from an overpass smashed through the windshield of a moving tractor-trailer, distracting the driver and causing him to wreck. It happened at about 2:30 a.m. near Missouri Highway 350 and 67th Street. The driver suffered minor injuries.
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WiseOne's Comments, if I found who did that and it was me who they hit, I would chase them down and whoop the snot out of them...that could KILL someone.

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I don't blame you there, I would do the same. Probably a bunch of punk kids. Good thing the driver wasn't seriously hurt.
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Agreed. I would find a nice rock about the size of my fist and place it in the "thought center" of the person that threw it w/ a size 8 to follow.
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who every did do it, should be put up on charges, The driver is one lucky person.
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Sad thing is they probably will never know who done it.
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So crazy- This could happen to anyone! I hope they catch these punks and throw them in the slammer.
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That's really sad. Why somebody would want to hurt another human being, is just plain senseless.

A few years ago, in Little Rock, a woman was killed in an incident like that.
A young man with nothing better to do, threw a big rock or brick off an overpass. I believe it was rush hour traffic, and her teenage daughter was in the passenger seat. The girl grabbed the steering wheel and was able to bring the vehicle under control. But it was so sad that she witnessed her mother being killed.

Luckily, that young man was found and prosecuted.
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