A child was injured Thursday when a chunk of ice flew off a tractor-trailer and crashed through the windshield of a car on Interstate 495.Both Massachusetts and New Hampshire State Police issued reminders for drivers to clear snow and ice from their vehicles after windshields in both states were shattered by flying ice.Around 1:45 p.m. a chunk of ice flew off a tractor-trailer on northbound I-495 in Andover, smashing into a 2018 Toyota sedan, Massachusetts State Police said. A 6-year-old girl in the car suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lawrence General Hospital.“We were driving, there was an 18 wheeler in front of us. The snow was coming off and I tried to swerve. It went right through the passenger-side," said Amanda Grenier, the child's mother. “I was beeping like crazy, trying to get the guy’s attention. The guy looked at my car. He saw I was going crazy beeping and he kept driving.”The child, Avery Monge, had cuts on her cheek and forehead but was smiling and chewing on a Popsicle stick outside the hospital late Thursday afternoon. Friday, Troopers announced the 34-year-old truck driver was employed by Watsontown Trucking of Milton, Pennsylvania."Our investigation determined that the driver was not aware of ice on top of the trailer or that anything had fallen from his truck," State Police said. "The driver will be cited for carrying an unsecured load."New Hampshire State police said the incident in that state happened at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday on Route 12 on Westmoreland. Ice from a tractor trailer with a red cab and a white trailer dislodged and hit another vehicle, police said. State police did not report any injuries. The tractor trailer did not stop. New Hampshire State Police ask anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Troop C at 603-358-3333.

A child was injured Thursday when a chunk of ice flew off a tractor-trailer and crashed through the windshield of a car on Interstate 495.

Both Massachusetts and New Hampshire State Police issued reminders for drivers to clear snow and ice from their vehicles after windshields in both states were shattered by flying ice.

Around 1:45 p.m. a chunk of ice flew off a tractor-trailer on northbound I-495 in Andover, smashing into a 2018 Toyota sedan, Massachusetts State Police said. A 6-year-old girl in the car suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lawrence General Hospital.

“We were driving, there was an 18 wheeler in front of us. The snow was coming off and I tried to swerve. It went right through the passenger-side," said Amanda Grenier, the child's mother. “I was beeping like crazy, trying to get the guy’s attention. The guy looked at my car. He saw I was going crazy beeping and he kept driving.”

The child, Avery Monge, had cuts on her cheek and forehead but was smiling and chewing on a Popsicle stick outside the hospital late Thursday afternoon.

Friday, Troopers announced the 34-year-old truck driver was employed by Watsontown Trucking of Milton, Pennsylvania.

"Our investigation determined that the driver was not aware of ice on top of the trailer or that anything had fallen from his truck," State Police said. "The driver will be cited for carrying an unsecured load."

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State Police Investigating Flying Ice That Injured Girl in Car on Route 495 https://t.co/xOazd4GKG5 via @MassStatePolice pic.twitter.com/gGFBbzDRdz — Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) February 14, 2019

New Hampshire State police said the incident in that state happened at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday on Route 12 on Westmoreland.

Ice from a tractor trailer with a red cab and a white trailer dislodged and hit another vehicle, police said. State police did not report any injuries.

The tractor trailer did not stop. New Hampshire State Police ask anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Troop C at 603-358-3333.



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