Turtle flies through car’s windshield on Florida Turnpike

Turtle flies through car’s windshield on Florida Turnpike

St  Lucie County, Fl- A turtle that had been struck in traffic was sent crashing through a driver’s windshield Friday evening on Florida’s Turnpike in northern St. Lucie County.

A southbound tractor-trailer nicked a turtle, “causing it to go airborne” near mile marker 176, southeast of the Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area, according to a widely shared social media post by the St. Lucie County Fire District. 

The turtle crashed through the windshield of a nearby car, leaving glass shattered on the dashboard and twisting the rearview mirror askew.

In a wild stroke of luck, both the driver and the aquatic reptile were unharmed, according to the fire district.

It’s not the first time a struck turtle has hit the windshield of a moving vehicle in Florida this year. 

In April, a similar incident near Port Orange sent a 71-year-old woman to the hospital.

A turtle crashed through her windshield, hit her in the head and left her with a half-inch cut above one of her eyes. The turtle survived with only scratches on its shell.