Personal Injury Law

Niceville Florida Turkey Crosses the Road, Causes Auto Accidents

By Eddie Farah

Why was the turkey crossing the road?

It's not a riddle, it was a real life nightmare this weekend for a truck driver.

Defensive driving means you are ready for any situation. But a turkey hitting your windshield?

That's what happened in Niceville, Florida in Okaloosa County, Florida in the Panhandle near Eglin Air Force Base. A man was driving a beer truck when a turkey flew into his windshield.  32-year-old Daniel Milby of DeFuniak Springs had to be hospitalized after he lost control of his truck.

He jackknifed, then overturned and crashed into a guardrail. 

And that was not the only injury, another driver Roger Bloomfield, 59 also of DeFuniak Springs was in another car involved in the crash. Luckily he got away with minor injuries.

Not so for the beer truck which sustained about $70,000 in damages.  Defensive driving requires you think of anything that can happen. Here's a new one to add to the list.

Full post as published by Jacksonville Personal Injury Lawyer on May 10, 2008 (boomark / email).