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Driver seriously injured by dropped debris

Milton, Vermont -- November 9, 2011

A Quebec man was seriously injured last night after a large object came crashing through the windshield of his truck.

It happened in Milton at about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Police say Jean Claude Paquette was headed south on Interstate 89 when someone dropped a pumpkin off of the West Milton overpass.

It came crashing through the windshield of Paquette's tractor trailer. The 66-year-old suffered cuts to his upper body from the glass and was rushed to the hospital.