A Florida mother and her elementary school-aged daughter escaped serious injuries Saturday night after a tire crashed into their car's windshield in what authorities are calling a “freak accident.”
Clearwater police said the crash happened around 6:30 p.m. on Route 19 in Clearwater when a tire came off a southbound vehicle and bounced over the median just north of Drew Street.
The loose tire smashed through the windshield of a northbound car. According to police, a woman and her young daughter were in the car at the time of the incident.
The mother was driving with her child in the back seat. Police said “fortunately” no one was in the front passenger seat, which sustained significant damage when the tire collided with the vehicle.
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A tire came loose from a vehicle and crashed through the windshield of another vehicle Saturday night on Route 19 in Clearwater, Florida, authorities said. (Clearwater Police Department)
Police released a series of photos showing the vehicle's passenger-side windshield shattered, the roof over the passenger seat dented and part of the passenger seat torn off.
Police said no one was in the passenger seat when the tire hit the windshield. (Clearwater Police Department)
Police said there were no serious injuries or deaths in the incident. Details about how the tire came off the vehicle were not immediately released.
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Clearwater Fire Rescue said the mother and daughter were evaluated at the scene for injuries and did not need to be taken to a hospital. FOX35 Orlando.
Officials said no one was seriously injured or killed in the incident. (Clearwater Police Department)
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After leaving the scene of the accident, the pair went to Meads Countryside Hospital with possible minor injuries, the station reported, citing sources.
