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Semi Crashes After Owl Smashes Into Windshield

Last updated on Tuesday, June 21, 2016

(BARTHOLOMEW CO.) - A semi crashed and rolled over early this morning in southern Bartholomew County after a large owl smashed through the driver’s window.

Deputies were called to County Road 850S at about 4:15 Monday morning on a report of a rolled semi.

According to police, the driver, 22-year-old Patrick Molex of Ford Heights, Ill., lost control of the semi after the owl hit the truck, causing him to strike a culvert and rolling the truck onto the driver's side.

The bird was found dead on the floorboard of the truck.

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