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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont state trooper had a scary moment Thursday after an unsecured chair flew out of a pickup truck and sailed into the officer’s windshield.
The Vermont State Police posted a video from the dash camera of Trooper Dylan LaMere. The trooper was traveling south on Interstate 89 in South Burlington when the chair was lifted by high winds and thrown from the back of the pickup into LaMere’s windshield.
LaMere had approximately one second to react before the chair crashed into his cruiser.
The pickup truck’s driver received a ticket for having an unsecured load, officials said.
“If you’re putting something in the back, wind can be so unpredictable,” Vermont State Police Lt. Tara Thomas told WCAX-TV. “What you think might be heavy enough to stay in the bed of your truck might not necessarily be the case, especially when you start to get at higher speeds.”
LaMere was not injured.
“This is a good reminder that Vermont law requires loads in motor vehicles to be properly secured at all times for the safety of everyone on the road,” the state police said in a Facebook post.
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