ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Moon Township woman told Channel 11 it’s a miracle she was able to walk away from an accident on the Parkway West in Robinson Township over the weekend.
Madeline Grace said a mass of ice from a tractor-trailer crashed through her front windshield Saturday morning, as she was heading east towards the Robinson Town Centre Boulevard exit.
“Every time I close my eyes, I see that ice coming at me,” Grace said. “I felt the impact, I thought I was going to pass out – my daughter in the backseat is crying, ‘Mommy, are you okay?’”
Grace went to the hospital with multiple fractures in her face and one eye swollen shut, but she feels fortunate to have survived, along with her 7-year-old daughter, who was in the backseat. She’s also thankful for the Good Samaritans who stopped to help and called 911.
“My 7-year-old could be without a mom today if anything had been slightly different about this accident, and I’m so grateful that’s not the case,” Grace said.
“Christine’s Law” requires drivers in Pennsylvania to remove snow or ice from their cars or trucks within 24 hours of a snowstorm. Grace wants her story to serve as a reminder for all drivers, sharing the details about another accident in the state eerily similar to hers.
“It’s a Subaru. A piece of ice came off a truck, smashed through a windshield, she went to the hospital – exact same story as me, one day before my accident,” Grace said.
Doctors are not sure what Grace’s recovery looks like right now but are hoping she’ll regain sight in her right eye.
State police are trying to track down the vehicle the ice came from. They’re asking anyone who drove through the area Saturday morning around 10 a.m. to check any dashcam footage they may have. If you saw the accident, call troopers.
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