A Fort Dodge woman received a surprise when a piece of a broken pallet went through the windshield of her car Monday morning.
Cynthia Lynn Howey, 44, was driving north on Kenyon Road, near Friendship Haven, around 11:20 a.m. when the accident occurred.
Ralph Eugene Ray, 73, of Fort Dodge, was carrying wooden pallets in the back of his Ford pickup truck, heading south on Kenyon Road, when he began to lose some of them. One of the pallets was thrown into Howey's windshield.
Howey was transported to Trinity Regional Medical Center by TRMC Ambulance where she was treated for minor cuts to her forehead and released.
Ray was uninjured and was charged with spilling on a highway.
The Fort Dodge Police Department responded to the scene.
Contact Katie Williams at (515) 573-2141 or katie@messengernews.net
