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Falling concrete on highway hits driver

Posted at 12:16 PM, Feb 20, 2020
and last updated 2020-02-20 13:21:56-05

VEVAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A piece of concrete fell from a bridge off US-127 on Wednesday.

It happened around 8 a.m. near the Barnes Road overpass in Vevay Township and hit one car.

A woman, 38 from Jackson, was driving northbound on US-127 when if fell from the Barnes overpass.

The concrete went through her windshield and hit her in the head.

She was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injures.

MDOT has been notified and will be inspecting the bridge.

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