Holy mackerel! Bizarre moment ‘flying’ fish shatters truck driver’s windshield
- Trucker Barry Poff was driving on Interstate 73 near Greensboro, North Carolina
- As he crossed Randleman Lake a bird flew in front of him and dropped a fish
- Dashcam footage shows the creature smash the windscreen as the truck driver keeps his vehicle steady
This is the moment an unlucky fish smashed into a truck’s windshield after being dropped into fast moving traffic by a bird.
The animal had seen its day go from bad to worse after being plucked from a lake only to meet its demise in a 63mph collision.
Footage of the incident was caught on dashcam on the Interstate 73 in North Carolina.
Trucker Barry Poff was travelling down the two-lane highway near Greensboro when he came to a bridge over Randleman Lake.
In the video shot from his truck, a bird appears from the right hand side carrying a fish in its mouth.
As Barry’s vehicle pulls closer however, the bird is seen flying directly into his path and needs to drastically pull up to avoid getting it.
In a split moment decision the bird decides to drop his weighty food to help him fly upwards, leaving the fish to smash directly into Barry’s windshield.
Trucker Barry Poff was travelling down Interstate 73 near Greensboro, NC when a fish smashed into his windshield after being dropped from above by a bird that had just caught it
‘I was just like “what the h*** just happened”,’ Barry, a truck driver of 34 years told WRAL. ‘My immediate reaction was to keep the truck straight.’
Video of the surreal moment was posted on social media by his employer Ward Transport and Logistics.
‘One of our #charlotte drivers verifies that when driving a truck, you must be prepared for anything,’ the company said in a message.
In a split moment decision the bird decides to drop his weighty food to help him fly upwards, leaving the fish to smash directly into Barry’s windshield
‘I was just like “what the h*** just happened”,’ Barry, a truck driver of 34 years told WRAL . ‘My immediate reaction was to keep the truck straight’
The animal shattered his windshield, but the part-time drag racer was able to keep a steady hand at the wheel and only pulled over after getting off the bridge.
He added that the encounter was unlike anything he’s seen in his three million miles of driving across all 50 states.
‘I pulled over and called my dispatcher,’ Barr said. ‘I told him, ‘You ain’t gonna believe what just happened. A fish just shattered my windshield.”‘
Barry was unharmed but his truck did suffer some damage in the accident.
He added that he went looking for the fish, believed to be a large-mouth bass, while he was pulled over but couldn’t find it.
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