Bizarre highway incidents on I-76

And as you mentioned, we're talking about those incidents on the Skookul Expressway. In one of them, nails just spilled out all over the highway, damaging more than a dozen cars. In another, plywood flew off a vehicle and smashed through a windshield. Police are investigating these two separate unusual incidents along the Skookul Expressway. Action News reporter Corey Davis is joining us live along I 76 with both of those stories. Corey, good morning. Aliana and Matt, good morning. So, no one wants to be dealing with emergencies, especially on a busy highway. But these drivers had to react with a split second to really make a decision on what to do. Not a great time for that to happen. And even after I drove over, I didn't know that they were nails right away. Um, yeah, it wasn't going to be avoidable with that much traffic. Nicole Salo was one of more than a dozen drivers stranded on the shoulder on the westbound lanes of 76 near Montgomery Drive. State police say it happened during rush hour at around 5:00 yesterday evening. We're being told a load of nails fell off of a truck spilling onto the highway. State police also say as many as 15 cars were damaged, tires were popped, people were losing air pressure all while in traffic. AAA got several calls and says the technician was changing tire after tire, and that it's important to make sure you actually have a working spare, otherwise they'll have to tow it. Now might be the time to check to make sure that your your car has a spare tire because many manufacturers are foregoing the spare tire as something that always comes with the car uh because they're trying to make cars lighter, more fuel efficient. The spare tire is an add-on. And in a separate incident on 76, a spare tire wouldn't have helped a father and daughter Saturday morning. They were on the Skookul Expressway when a large piece of plywood flew off of another car and smashed into their windshield. Glass went everywhere and Kevin Scarpa was driving uh his daughter Gianna back to Arcadia University for the start of her junior year when it all happened. He was able to pull over safely. I didn't even have time to look for their license plate. Um it was I just know it was either white or silver and it probably was a four it was a four-door SUV. I don't know if I'll ever see my car again, but it was I'm just glad that me and my dad are both okay. And the Scarper family is hoping to at least get some information about that other vehicle, such as a license plate, so that they could uh just do some insurance uh take care of insurance as well. Reporting live here along the Skookul Expressway, Cory Davis, Channel 6 Action News. Yeah, nightmare situation for those drivers. Corey, thank you for the update.