New Jersey family gets surprise, a turkey through windshield

ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind. (AP) - A New Jersey family traveling through northern Indiana got a shock when a 30-pound turkey crashed through their vehicle's windshield.

Capt. Michael Kellems of the La Porte County Sheriff's Department says the flying bird collided Tuesday morning with the family's rented sport-utility vehicle.

The dead turkey was left lodged in the shattered windshield as driver John Tarabocchia of Emerson, New Jersey, pulled over along U.S. 20 about 25 miles west of South Bend.

Kellems says he's been a police officer for 31 years and he's "never seen something like that."

He says Tarabocchia and his three passengers suffered only minor cuts.

Tarabocchia tells The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/2ogrDWQ ) his family was headed to a Chicago airport to return home after visiting his daughter at the University of Notre Dame.

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Information from: The Indianapolis Star, http://www.indystar.com