Tennessee driver killed by concrete chunk tossed from highway overpass, police say

ABC - Good Morning America ^ | November 21, 2018 | KARMA ALLEN

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Police are searching for a suspect in the death of a Tennessee driver killed on Tuesday when a large chunk of concrete came crashing through his windshield.

Joe Shelton Jr., 54, was driving to work early Tuesday morning when the large piece of concrete smashed through his Nissan sports car, hitting the man in the face and sending his vehicle swerving across a Nashville highway, according to police.

Shelton was an employee at a Nissan plant in Smyrna.

Investigators with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the concrete was likely tossed from a bridge overlooking the highway, but there’s no indication of who threw it, the police department said.

Police said the small vehicle sideswiped a pickup truck and a guardrail before it finally lost momentum.

"The concrete chunk traveled through Shelton’s windshield and hit him in the face at approximately 4:54 a.m. as he was driving to work at the Nissan plant in Smyrna," the department said in a statement. "The Nissan then sideswiped a Toyota pickup truck and a guardrail before coming to final rest on I-24’s Silliman Evans Bridge."

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Inspectors with the Tennessee Department of Transportation determined that the concrete was not a part of the bridge structure, but more closely resembled a roadside curb, according to the statement.

The department is looking for local surveillance footage and investigating the origin of the concrete for potential clues.

Police are asking anyone who might know where the concrete chunk came from to call their Crime Stoppers line at 615-742-7463 with information.

[Chode]

i don’t even have to look...

[Squantos]

Star Chamber sort of thing maybe ....

[mabarker1]

Never heard of that before. Sounds appropriate to Me.

This happens way too often. I’m pretty sure this tossing stuff off the overpasses started as an “I’m bored punk thing so let’s go do this for fun.” There needs to be multiple A$$ kickings starting with the Parents of the punks and then the punks. End it by locking them all up.

I don’t drive anymore because of of My feet. Just because I’m not behind the controls doesn’t mean I don’t pay attention- in fact I’ve found that just lets Me observe much more of what’s going on around Us. To the point of irritating Mama (more than usual) so I try to keep My mouth closed as much as possible (yeah right).
We don’t do much driving at night (dark) so that’s a plus in Our favor.

Now where’s My Rope ?