OR: TURKEY SMASHES THROUGH SEMI WINDSHIELD
<p><pi><b>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>:00-:04</p>\n<p>Friday</p>\n<p>Medford, OR</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:05-:10</p>\n<p>Emily-Jean Duell</p>\n<p>Daughter</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:11-:17</p>\n<p>Dashcam video</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:24-:36</p>\n<p>Duell Family</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:59-1:15</p>\n<p>Duell Family</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>AN OREGON TRUCK DRIVER IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND RECOVERING... AFTER A CRASH THAT COULD HAVE KILLED HIM. </p>\n<p>HE HIT AN ANIMAL -- AND IT WASN'T A DEER OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND. </p>\n<p>JEFFREY LINDBLOM EXPLAINS. </p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Emily-Jean Duell/Daughter: "Laughing, lots of laughing. I had shown him the second I got it, the picture of the dashcam that we got of the turkey looking down the barrel of the dashcam, coming at his windshield. And even with his rib he was laughing at it, he though it was hilarious."</p>\n<p>EMILY JEAN DUELL SAYS IT WASN'T ALL A LAUGHING MATTER WHEN SHE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A NURSE EXPLAINING TO HER THAT A BIRD HAD SMASHED THROUGH HER FATHER, DAVE DUELL'S, WINDSHIELD KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS.</p>\n<p>AND SENDING HIS SEMI HAULING THREE TRAILERS BEHIND OFF THE ROADWAY IN RURAL OREGON SHE KNEW WHATEVER DID THIS HAD TO BE A BIG BIRD.</p>\n<p>Duell: "I was thinking a hawk?"</p>\n<p>SHE WOULD EVENTUALLY LEARN THAT IT WAS A 40-50 POUND TURKEY THAT HAD FLOWN INTO THE ROADWAY, CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND HER DAD.</p>\n<p>THE BIRD -- NOT JUST BREAKING THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD EITHER AS IT WOULD ALSO BURST THROUGH THE BACK.</p>\n<p>DUELL NERVOUSLY HIT THE ROAD TO LOOK FOR HER DAD.</p>\n<p>SHE WOULD FIND HIM BEING TREATED BY DOCTOR'S AT A MEDFORD HOSPITAL. </p>\n<p>Duell: "They were cleaning his wounds and pulled out some turkey feathers."</p>\n<p>HER FATHER WHO SHE DESCRIBES AS A GOOFY GUY THAT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING TOO SERIOUSLY SUFFERED A BROKEN A RIB AND TOOTH, A FRACTURED JAW AND A VERTEBRAE IN HIS NECK.</p>\n<p>HOWEVER THE WORST OF IT, SHE SAYS IS THAT HE SHATTERED THE BONE AROUND ONE OF HIS EYES WHICH WILL REQUIRE SURGERY.</p>\n<p>Duell: "They called it an orbital blowout. So the entire bone behind his left eye is shattered."</p>\n<p>DESPITE THE AFTERMATH AND WHAT SHE DESCRIBES AS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER, SHE SAYS HER FATHER IS ACTUALLY LUCKY TO HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH THE BIRD AND SURVIVE </p>\n<p>ONE DOCTOR SHARING WITH HER THAT HE COULD'VE EASILY BEEN KILLED.</p>\n<p>Duell: "Like, it all could have been astronomically different. Like, the time to worry about him surviving is over basically, and now we're hoping that he can keep function in his eye where the orbital was shattered, because that is how he works and if he loses vision in that eye, or loses that eye, he loses his job." </p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p>AND DUELL HAS MORE JOY TO HELP HIM RECOVER. </p>\n<p>THE DAY HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL... HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WENT INTO LABOR WITH HIS GRANDCHILD. </p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>OREGON DAVE DUELL LONG-HAUL TRUCKER I-5 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY POULTRY</p>