Crime & Safety

Ice Falls off Box Truck, Shatters Car Windshield, Slices Woman's Face

Judy Danback was a passenger in a car driving along I-80 when a sheet of ice fell off of a box car and into her windshield and sliced her face.

New Jersey State Police say a HackettstownΒ woman riding in an AcuraΒ along Interstate 80 Monday afternoonΒ suffered cuts to her face whenΒ ice fell off a boxΒ truck travelingΒ in front of her and went through her windshield, NJ.com reported.

Judy Danback, 54, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment, the article said. Her 67-year-old husband, Gary Danback,Β had a cut on his finger; he had been piloting the Acura.Β 

A summons for failure to remove snow and ice from a vehicle was issued to Steven Rowe, 54, of Roseto, Pa., who was drivingΒ Β the white 2004 Chevrolet box truck, the article continued.

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