Man Uninjured After Chunks of Bridge Fell and Smashed Windshield

A man was driving in Somerville, Massachusetts, when concrete fell from a highway bridge and crashed through his windshield Tuesday.

Leonard Brown said he was "very lucky" not to be injured from the debris, CBS Boston reported.

"It angled as it went past through the windshield," he told the outlet. "I didn't know what it was."

Brown initially thought it was a piece of ice but quickly noticed shattered glass and a hole in his windshield.

CBS Boston reported concrete was found on the floor of Brown's car and next to where he sat in the driver's seat. The largest piece was on the rear dash.

"It went right by my head," he recalled.

It was close call for Brown, and he said he walked away with a scratch on his hand. However, he hopes something will be done to prevent a future incident like this.

"If I had been going a different angle to how it hit, it would have hit me square I'm sure of it, and I don't think I would have survived," he said.

CBS Boston reported that transportation crews got to work inspecting the ramp bridge, which was constructed in 1973, according to a spokesperson from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

The spokesperson added that the structure was last inspected in May 2020 and the next scheduled inspection is May 2022. However, out of an abundance of caution, crews and contractors with the state's department of transportation are installing protective shielding on a potion of the underside of the structure.

According to the Massachusetts state website, there are "risks" when driving on the roads, like potholes, bumps, ruts and debris. It defined a "defect" in the road as "anything in the condition of the way that renders it unsafe or inconvenient for ordinary travel."

There can be no recovery for property damage, with the exception of personal injury in actions against the state due to road defects. If an incident took place in an active construction zone, the claim gets forwarded to the contractor.

Newsweek previously reported that an Idaho state trooper and a motorist also managed to dodge a potentially fatal collision.

Footage from the trooper's dashboard camera showed the officer standing next to the motorist, who was changing his car's flat tire on the front driver's side. The driver's side was against the road's median.

According to the video, the officer and the motorist suddenly jumps up and out of the way just as a truck barrels into the motorist's car.

Idaho State Police conducted a preliminary investigation and discovered that the accident occurred when one car slowed down just before it passed the officer's patrol car. That car was hit by another, affecting four vehicles.