LYNNFIELD (WHDH) – A Revere woman was injured Thursday afternoon when a runaway tire on Route 128 in Lynnfield flew across the highway and smashed her windshield, state police said.
The 69-year-old driver, whose name has not been made public, was traveling north when the tire came loose from a car traveling south, launched over the median and shattered her sunroof and windshield.
The woman was taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. She has since been released.
The driver of the vehicle that lost the tire, a 29-year-old East Boston woman, was not injured.
Both vehicles have since been towed from the highway.
The incident is under investigation.
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