'I could have been decapitated' driver tells of terrifying moment ladder smashed through windscreen

Mum Joanne Cuthbertson is lucky to be alive after a ladder hurtled through her windscreen as she drove.
The 38-year-old was driving north on the A1 near Gosforth when the wind dislodged a ladder tied to the roof of the van in front.
It smashed onto her bonnet of her Volkswagen Tiguan and into the windscreen.
Amazingly Joanne and her dad Brian walked away from the accident with just cuts, bruises, and whiplash.
Joanne, from Bedlington, Northumberland, said: “I just had a Final Destination moment - it was over in a second but if felt like a whole hour.
“The noise of the ladder on impact was... read more
10 October 2016 in
Regional North East,
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Source: Sunday Sun
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