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2nd turkey in 2 days flies into windshield in Indiana

For the second time in two days, a wild turkey has flown into a motor vehicle's windshield in Indiana.

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — For the second time in two days, a wild turkey has flown into a motor vehicle's windshield in Indiana.

Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles says Trooper Tia Deaton wasn't injured when the bird flew into cruiser's windshield Wednesday night on State Route 56 near Scottsburg, about 30 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky. The collision partially caved in the glass.

Thanksgiving came early for Trooper Weller when his windshield caught a turkey on the Indiana Toll Road in LaPorte county.

Posted by Trent Smith on Friday, March 31, 2017

The day before, a 30-pound turkey crashed through the windshield of an SUV in northern Indiana. The dead turkey was left lodged in the shattered windshield as driver John Tarabocchia of Emerson, New Jersey, pulled over along U.S. 20 near Rolling Prairie, about 25 miles west of South Bend.

LaPorte County Sheriff's Office Capt. Michael Kellems says Tarabocchia and his three passengers suffered minor cuts.

The Taraboczhia family from Emerson, New Jersey had just left Notre Dame where their daughter Riana was just accepted......

Posted by La Porte County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.