Paper cup stops truck

     A community was appalled last week in Texas, after truck driver  Richard Bolduc was involved in a very unlikely truck accident. 
    Richard was driving  at approximately at 62 mph on U.S. 271 near Bogota, TX, hauling shingles from Shreveport   when an object shattered his windshield rendering him practically blind from the explosion. As Richard declared his first thought was that his phone exploded but luckily, he managed to stop the truck in time, avoiding a potential collision in traffic. 

    It seems that the mysterious object was nothing more than a plain paper medium sized soda cup from Burger King, thrown out the window by of an oncoming car. 
    State trooper Ryan Case who responded to the scene said that he found the paper cup , but threw it in the ditch as he did not believe it could have any correlation with accident. He then found pieces from it scattered around the impact area. 
       It does seem unlikely that such a harmless object as a paper cup could provoke that amount of damage to a truck. We are not talking about cracking a windshield , we are talking about going through it with such a force it made shattered it. Can a paper cup do that?

      I did some research on the internet and discovered how this question was already given an answer by the Myth Busters two years ago in one of their episodes. If you want to see for yourself here is the link :
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-soda-cup-killer-angle-2.html


       Driver Richard Bolduc is currently recovering after sustaining serious injuries to his face, eyes and back. Fortunately, even though a specialist had to recover paper fragments from his eyes he is not in danger of blinding. Bolduc live as far as 600 miles from where the accident happened, however, the community was more than helpful. Bolduc is currently staying with pastor Donnie Childer, former truck driver himself and his wife Dana. They took care of Bolduc and his truck and also drove him to hospital after they were called in by driver  Mitch Cannon who was behind Richard when the accident happened.
     
     The Childers also made sure to call Richard's wife and let her about her husbands situation and that he is OK. Jennifer Balduc, mother of two girls with special needs declared that it would have been extremely hard without the help of the friendly people in Bogota. Even though doctors can say at the moment if Richard is going to be able to drive again, Jennifer is just happy that her husband is alive. 


     Now that is a heart warming story about kindness and how there are still people out there ready to jump and give a helping hand to their fellows in need, but it could also be looked as an alarm call for drivers everywhere to be more responsible on the road. It this case a simple gesture as throwing a paper cup out the window could have cost a man's life and maybe even lead to a traffic collision increasing the number of victims. Each year truck accidents alone clai 5000 lives in US. Maybe is time to raise awareness,because everyone knows accidents are best to be avoided than dealt with.
      In the unfortunate case of a truck accident or any type of car accident whatsoever it's best to remember that you can seek compensation. A consultation with a truck accident lawyer may help you.