Driver hurt by tossed turkey

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Someone threw a frozen turkey through the windshield of a moving car in Lake Ronkonkoma, knocking the driver unconscious and leaving her in critical condition, Suffolk police said Wednesday.

Police said the 20-pound turkey was thrown from the rear seat of an eastbound car on Portion Road about 12:40 a.m. Saturday as the woman's westbound car approached.

[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Police said the turkey was purchased a short time earlier at Waldbaum's on Portion Road and Cenacle Road in Lake Ronkonkoma. Detectives said a videotape at the store shows a group of teenagers using a stolen credit card to make the purchase.

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Here is an update to this story. Poor Lady

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Reshaping face, piece by piece

[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Surgeons detail how they worked for eight hours to rebuild caved-in face of LI woman hit with turkey tossed through her windshield

[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] When Victoria Ruvolo came into the care of doctors early on Nov. 13 at Stony Brook University Hospital, she looked as though someone had severely beaten her. She was unconscious and could hardly breathe on her own. And her face was literally caved in.

The doctors who operated on the woman -- critically injured when a teenage stunt went awry, sending a 20-pound turkey through her windshield -- could offer no more than a hopeful prognosis.

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Woman hit by frozen turkey tossed through windshield in 2004 dies

March 27, 2019

"The Long Island woman who was nearly killed in 2004 when a teenager randomly chucked a frozen turkey through her car windshield died on Monday.

Victoria Ruvolo’s tale of survival garnered headlines after she worked with prosecutors to grant clemency to the teenager who threw the frozen bird.

Her death was announced on her website and Facebook page on Tuesday. She was 59 years old....

In November 2004, a group of teenagers used a stolen credit card to buy the 20-pound turkey in Ronkonkoma, Long Island. They then climbed into a car and drove onto Sunrise Highway.

During the trip, 18-year-old Ryan Cushing threw the bird out of the car and into Ruvolo’s windshield.

The impact broke every bone in Ruvolo’s face, which required a 10-hour surgery, three titanium plates, and a wire mesh for her left eye socket to correct....

Cushing was sentenced to a six-month prison sentence and five years of probation...."

https://nypost.com/2019/03/27/woman-hit-by-frozen-turkey-tossed-through-windshield-in-2004-dies/