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Turtle smashes through Savannah driver’s windshield on Truman Parkway [GA]
WSAV TV ^ | May 26, 2020 | Ashley Williams

Posted on 05/26/2020 8:17:18 PM PDT by buckalfa

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A local woman and her brother say they’re thankful to be okay after a turtle smashed into their windshield.

Latonya Lark and Kevin Grant were out running errands around noon on May 12. While riding northbound on Harry S. Truman Parkway near Montgomery Cross Road, Lark noticed something strange coming at them.

“I thought it was a brick, and I told [my brother], ‘my God, there’s a brick!’” said Lark, who was driving. She says she started to slow down her vehicle.

Before Grant had time to process what was happening from the passenger seat, they both heard what they described as a loud boom, and Grant was covered in shattered glass.

A turtle burst through the windshield on the passenger side, right before Grant’s eyes.

“When the glass broke, the first thing that came to my mind was just to shield myself, so it was just like, you know, turn and just cover,” the licensed cosmetologist told WSAV News 3. He says he was left with small cuts after the incident.

Lark says the turtle had somehow smashed its way through her windshield after another car possibly struck it.

She and her brother believe the impact from a vehicle in front of them sent the turtle flying right back into their faces.

Grant did his best to calm his sister down and urge her to pull over and call for help.

The Chatham County Police Department responded. A spokesperson tells WSAV News 3 that how or why the turtle wound up airborne is undetermined.

The police report shows Lark’s windshield was left with too much damage to be able to drive safely, and the vehicle had to be towed

Even the police officer said if that glass wasn’t as thick as it was and I didn’t slow down the way I did when I saw the object coming, it would’ve been disastrous,” Lark said.

The responding officers were able to remove the turtle safely. Lark says the turtle lost one of his legs in the freak accident.

It initially survived, and officers wrapped the reptile in a blanket. It was later taken to Savannah Animal Care for medical treatment.

“The turtle got cited, but of course he didn’t have insurance and he couldn’t get a lawyer, so I wound up having to pay a deductible and everything else,” Lark said.

Her windshield has since been replaced. Reflecting back on what happened, the siblings say it shows that the unexpected can happen — without a moment’s notice.

“If people are not paying attention to the road…you know, whoever hit that turtle, they had to have been flying,” Lark said.

She says after calling to check on the turtle’s health status on May 26, she learned that the turtle unfortunately did not make it after losing too much blood.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: georgia; turtle; windshield
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To: Oscar in Batangas

I didn’t see a cause in the article (It’s late-night) but the turtle could have been picked up by mini-tornado that tracked over a pond. If that happens the tornado will suck up the water in the pond along with the fish and —— turtles. As the tornado deteriorates the fish and things will fall out of the clouds

That is the origin of the old myth about it raining fish


21 posted on 05/26/2020 9:24:54 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: buckalfa

More than likely the poor thing was ran over on its edge making it skip out airborne at high speed.


22 posted on 05/26/2020 9:54:48 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: buckalfa

When Turtles Fly.... errr, wait a minute!


23 posted on 05/26/2020 10:22:03 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Years ago, a good friend, an avid bicyclist, told me about riding in rural CA when a buzzard took off in front of him and then vomited all over him as he went past.


24 posted on 05/26/2020 10:42:17 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave

yuck- that musta stunk after the bird no doubt just ate rancid rotten flesh


25 posted on 05/26/2020 11:06:01 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: buckalfa
We had The Great Turtle Migration here on the Chattahoochee about fifteen years ago. Never did hear about why they were trying to cross from the Alabama to the Georgia side, but they were everywhere. River turtles the size of dinner plates, squashed on the roads like Halloween pumpkins, and they still kept coming. They were like zombie hordes. It was horror movie crazy. I guess the beer was cheaper on the Georgia side.
26 posted on 05/27/2020 12:04:01 AM PDT by Viking2002 (Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
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To: buckalfa

Do you remember when a goose hit Fabio in the face while on a roller coaster?
https://youtu.be/OjAYxpXUklc


27 posted on 05/27/2020 12:40:06 AM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: Nateman

I had the hood of my car open up and smash the windshield. To make matters worse I had to drive like that to get off the freeway.

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Happened to me @ 65 mph in my then brand new ‘67 Ford Galaxy, on the Pennsylvania Turn Pike, I managed to pull over, tie down the hood and drive home carefully and changed my pants.


28 posted on 05/27/2020 1:19:31 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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To: buckalfa

Turtlenado!


29 posted on 05/27/2020 2:32:11 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: buckalfa

Those flying turtles again!


30 posted on 05/27/2020 3:03:15 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: buckalfa; All

In 455 BC, Aeschylus, the great playwriter known as the Father of Greek Tragedy, died in a most unexpected way. He was said to have been killed by a tortoise which was dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile.


31 posted on 05/27/2020 3:50:17 AM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

Turtleywinks.


32 posted on 05/27/2020 5:30:28 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Pelham

33 posted on 05/27/2020 5:38:25 AM PDT by Bratch (“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: buckalfa

Old Texas saying: If you see a turtle on a fence post, you can be sure it didn’t get there by itself.


34 posted on 05/27/2020 4:48:42 PM PDT by wildbill (The older I get, the less 'life in prison" means to me)
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