CONWAY, SC -- A South Carolina man escaped uninjured after a turtle came flying through his windshield, shattering it.
The frightening scene unfolded April 30 as John Gardner drove down Highway 501 in Conway, South Carolina. The rear tire on a truck near him hit a turtle, sending it into the air and through Gardner's windshield.
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"I still don't understand the exact angle of that tire, for it to just fling into my windshield," Gardner told WBTW-TV.
"I was definitely surprised because I couldn't even tell what it was at first. It was like a big, black dot coming at me, and I couldn't move at all," he added.
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Though Gardner escaped unharmed, the turtle did not survive the incident. Gardner said the driver of the truck that hit the turtle stopped to make sure everything was okay.