Truck Driver Has Quite a Fish Story to Tell
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An unlucky fish saw bad go to worse when it was caught by a hungry bird, dropped from the sky and landed on the windshield of a moving truck on Interstate 73 in North Carolina.
Video of the surreal moment was posted on social media by Ward Transport and Logistics, a trucking company with an office in Charlotte.
“One of our #charlotte drivers verifies that when driving a truck, you must be prepared for anything,” the company said on Twitter.
The video shows the driver was on a bridge crossing a lake when a bird flew over the bridge’s guardrail straight into the path of the truck. That’s when the bird dropped its lunch, sending the fish smack into the truck’s windshield.
@TransportTopics One of our #charlotte drivers verifies that when driving a truck, you must be prepared for ANYTHING!#drivers #trucking pic.twitter.com/RrzsYhr566 — Ward Transport (@WardTransport) April 14, 2021
The fish (it looks like a crappie) and the windshield remained intact, though it’s not likely the fish survived. The driver was going about 63 mph in a 65 mph zone, the video shows.
It happened southeast of High Point, where Interstate 73 crosses Randleman Lake in Randolph County. The video is without sound, so it’s not clear how the driver reacted. However, the truck is seen pulling to the side of the highway — with a layer of slush on its windshield.
Some people on social media said they respected the driver’s cool handling of a potentially dangerous situation.
“Had a lot of things hit my windows but never a fish,” one commenter wrote.
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