{"id":428274,"date":"2025-12-06T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428274\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:16:10","slug":"chicago-crash-woman-injured-after-concrete-crashes-through-windshield-on-i-55-daughter-says-just-horrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428274\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago crash: Woman injured after concrete crashes through windshield on I-55, daughter says: &#8216;Just horrifying&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A woman is recovering after a chunk of concrete fell off an overpass and hit her windshield. It happened Friday on I-55 at Pulaski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The drive was hospitalized with multiple lacerations to her face, neck and hands, and her family says she is traumatized and lucky to be alive.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Relatives of 53-year-old Oksana Kovalchuk shared images. of the damage with ABC7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They say a two-foot-long chunk of concrete crashed through the windshield of her Lexus SUV and broke into three parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happening Friday around mid-afternoon as she was driving northbound on I-55.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Illinois State Police confirmed the debris came from the Pulaski overpass, and it fell and hit the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">SEE ALSO |<\/strong> <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/3-men-killed-57-crashes-120th-street-calumet-park-idd-ruben-lujano-martese-williams-daekwon-cunningham\/18254783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 men killed in I-57 crashes identified, Cook County medical examiner says<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Kovalchuk&#8217;s daughter, Viktoriya Petriv, says it missed her mother&#8217;s head by a couple of inches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;She had pieces of glass in her hair, pieces of glass in her ears, in her mouth, in her nose, in her back, everywhere all over her,&#8221; Petriv said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just horrifying that it could happen, that it happened to us. It could happen to anyone. It could happen again tonight, tomorrow to someone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Kovalchuk, who lives in Justice, was taken to St. Anthony Hospital after relatives say another driver saw what happened, pulled over, and called 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">State police said one lane of I-55 traffic was blocked for about a half hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The family is speaking out as a warning to others and is seeking answers as to how this could have happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">ABC7 has left a message for IDOT for more information about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. 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