Ice chunks thrown from overpass shatter ambulance windshield – Iowa

Two people hurling ice chunks off a bridge over Interstate Highway 235 shattered the windshield of an ambulance Friday that was hauling a patient to Iowa Methodist Hospital.

The ambulance driver told authorities he saw two unidentified people throwing ice over the East 12th Street bridge as he drove westbound on I-235 shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to police records.

One ice chunk smashed the ambulance’s windshield, authorities said.

The driver could not provide a description of either thrower. No further details were available.

Des Moines Register:  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081220/NEWS/81220007/1001