Woman’s car hit by piece of Route 120 bridge
By Maria Wilson
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LEBANON, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Sarah George of Enfield said she was driving when a piece of the Route 120 bridge fell, shattering her sunroof.
“At first, it kind of just sounded like the roof exploded a little bit,” George said.
Sarah George’s ride home came to an unexpected halt.
“We were just coming home from picking up dinner, and we were driving I-89, we were driving through Lebanon, and I mean neither one of us really knew what it was at first,” George said.
The Enfield woman was in the car with her husband, Justin, and their three dogs.
“The wind was really loud because we were obviously still on the highway,” said Justin George of Enfield. “My first thought was definitely, thank God it wasn’t 10 seconds earlier or something like and then it came crashing through the windshield, that would have made the whole situation a lot worse.”
They took the next exit and drove to the police station.
“Originally, I wasn’t sure if someone had thrown something off the bridge, like what really happened,” Sarah George said. “That was kind of my initial thought.”
But that wasn’t the case.
“And then when we got to the police station and the officer came out and looked at the car, he was like, ‘No, it was probably a piece of the bridge,'” Sarah George said.
“If it was a piece of the bridge, like that makes me kind of nervous, that’s the route we drive to work every single day,” said George.
Sarah said, luckily, no one was hurt.
For now, Sarah said she’s in the process of filing a claim with her insurance company.
“I’m a nurse, so missing work isn’t really an option for me either, so it’s just going to be a little bit of a hassle, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out,” said Sarah George.
News 9 reached out to the state’s Department of Transportation.
They said this incident has been reported to them, and they are actively looking into it.
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