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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

Huge wind turbine blade falls off truck and crashes into traffic on busy interstate

One person has been hospitalized after a wind turbine blade crashed onto a busy highway in Maryland - (Maryland Department of Transportation)

A huge wind turbine blade crashed onto a busy interstate highway in Maryland, leaving one person hospitalized.

The incident happened early Monday morning along Interstate 70 in Washington County, when a truck hit a guardrail, causing a wind turbine blade to break loose and fall onto the road, said the Maryland State Highway Administration. Wind turbine blades are typically over 170 feet long.

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