Rabbit strikes vehicle on I-71, causing windshield damage, Richland County OH


A rabbit fell from an overpass and hit a car on I-71, damaging the windshield. The driver stopped and is unsure if the car is safe to drive.
Audio|Source: Richland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
Okay. We have 71 around the 168 northbound break. Okay. Collar possibly had a rabbit jump off the Vanderbilt Road overpass into his windshield while he was traveling northbound on 71. He's pulled off in a red vehicle. Okay. His vehicle is drivable but has a shattered front windshield. Okay, give him a 10. If he can drive it to the post and get off the roadway, we'll meet him there. We're about to have some things that weather. Cut. Okay. Pull me one for an unruly, I'll be two. Sixth with him. 633. Signal 7. Give the 700 to 10, see if they can control that area. See if there's any juveniles that might have thrown a deceased rabbit out off the overpass. Do you should think, Mansell? 633. If signal 6 has a shattered front windshield and doesn't feel safe driving, maybe he can just pull it under the overpass and wait there on scene.
Okay. We have 71 around the 168 northbound break. Okay. Collar possibly had a rabbit jump off the Vanderbilt Road overpass into his windshield while he was traveling northbound on 71. He's pulled off in a red vehicle. Okay. His vehicle is drivable but has a shattered front windshield. Okay, give him a 10. If he can drive it to the post and get off the roadway, we'll meet him there. We're about to have some things that weather. Cut. Okay. Pull me one for an unruly, I'll be two. Sixth with him. 633. Signal 7. Give the 700 to 10, see if they can control that area. See if there's any juveniles that might have thrown a deceased rabbit out off the overpass. Do you should think, Mansell? 633. If signal 6 has a shattered front windshield and doesn't feel safe driving, maybe he can just pull it under the overpass and wait there on scene.
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I-71, Ohio
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