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Tree Branch Crashes Through Windshield In Ashland

ASHLAND (CBS) - A giant tree branch crashed through the windshield of truck in Ashland Monday.

"I was just driving down the street and I look up and the whole half of the tree broke and the next thing I know it's on top of me smashing through my windshield," Andrew Reddington said.

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A tree crashed through a windshield in Ashland (Photo by Christina Hager/WBZ-TV)

Reddington has only had the truck for a few months, but he has made the trip past the tree on Rte. 135 near the Hopkinton line in Ashland hundreds of times. Apparently this was his time to be tested.

His auto body tech who's seen countless wrecks is shaking his head over this one. "That's got to be within a foot of the driver," he said. "He's fine, not a scratch."

Reddington says the biggest and heaviest part of the tree hit the bed of his truck as he passed by.

"It's pretty banged up, it's pretty crazy to look at," he says.

That makes Reddington either the least lucky guy in these parts or maybe the luckiest. Either way we know what he's doing tonight.

"I might have to get a lottery ticket or two tonight," Reddington said.

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