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Turkey Causes Beer Truck Accident

By Associated Press

Published: Sun, May 11, 2008 - 12:22 pm Last Updated: Sun, May 11, 2008 - 12:29 pm

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NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The driver of a beer truck has been
hospitalized in Pensacola after his truck crashed when a turkey
flew into its windshield.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Daniel S. Milby, 32, of
DeFuniak Springs, lost control of his truck when the turkey
collided with the windshield Saturday morning. Authorities say
Milby's truck jackknifed, overturned and eventually crashed into a
guardrail.
Another driver on the road, Roger L. Bloomfield, 59, of DeFuniak
Springs, was also involved in the crash. Bloomfield had minor
injuries.
FHP says the crash caused about $70,000 worth of damage to the
beer truck.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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rmseek1234 Says:

Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:58 pm

That’s one expensive Thanksgiving dinner! Glad it wasn’t “Mad Dog” and beer-lol.

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carl Says:

Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:44 am

I hear the turkey is cooling it in the troopers freezer,You know he’s trying to preserve the evidence. Just doing his job!

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atbman Says:

Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:47 am

Wild Turkey with beer chaser…..whew.

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MeAmerican Says:

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Wild Turkey and beer? Hmmm!

So we have a turkey flying into a beer truck. Also a pelican flew into a swimmer. Seems the birds are getting quite personal.
Does this have anything to do with global worming?

By the way reporter, you fail to mention how this affected the bird. Hope it didn’t hurt the poor fella too much!!

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justme Says:

Sun, May 11, 2008 at 4:41 pm

I hope they will be alright, but get prepaired to be ribbed for this, Like That turkey must have wanted to free all those turkeys on the bottles he thought were in the truck.

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