Crime & Safety

After Flying Ice Scare, Police Remind Drivers to Clear Snow Off Car Roof

A family of three was lucky to escape uninjured when a sheet of ice flew off a SUV and crashed through their windshield.

Police are reminding drivers to clear snow from their car roof after a local report of flying ice crashing through a windshield.

On Saturday, police in Hudson, N.H., said a sheet of ice flew off the roof of a sport utility vehicle and crashed through the windshield of a vehicle with a woman and two young children inside, FOX 25 reported. No one was hurt.


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In 2011, a Westford, Mass. man was seriously injured when a sheet of ice flew off a tractor trailer and crashed through his windshield.

Fines for not clearing snow off the roof of a vehicle start at $35.

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