There is extensive damage to Lexington Fire Chief Derek Sencabaugh's SUV after a sheet of ice came flying off a car in front of him as he drove to work Friday morning.
Public safety officials have regularly put out warnings urging people to clean snow and ice off their vehicles, but after a close call, a Massachusetts fire chief is giving a first-hand account of the danger.
There is extensive damage to Lexington Fire Chief Derek Sencabaugh's SUV after a sheet of ice came flying off a car in front of him as he drove to work Friday morning.Sencabaugh, who was driving alone, says he's grateful he saw it coming and could swerve so the ice hit the passenger side of his car.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
"I saw it kind of flipping around," he said."I was hoping it would miss me. I realized it was coming right for the driver's side of my car. I steered quickly to the left a little bit." The windshield was shattered, there's a dent in the roof, and there's glass all over the place, but the chief wasn't injured.
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