FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver is fortunate to be alive after a slab of concrete smashed into his car whereas driving by a tunnel in South Florida.
Gary Gerbino was driving by the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday when a chunk of concrete shattered his rear window.
“I didn’t know what the heck occurred, so I rotated,d and I used to be startled, and my full again window was crashed,” Gerbino informed NBC affiliate WTVJ. “It was scary, actually scary. I used to be shaking.”
The driving force pulled over to determine what precisely went by his window. Gerbino discovered a bunch of concrete chunks throughout his again seat, together with glass.
“If I had a child within the backseat, they’d be useless. I’m like, thank God it didn’t crash the sunroof or the windshield. If it crashed the windshield, I wouldn’t be right here.”
Gerbino additionally expressed concern over the incident, on condition that the tunnel has beforehand closed for security enhancements and repairs, WTVJ reported.
In 2021, the Florida Division of Transportation started the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel Rehabilitation and Tunnel Top Plaza Project to enhance the structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural and life security, together with the removing of delaminated tiles and repairing spalls and air flow buildings.

“It’s all been mounted,” Gerbino informed WTVJ. “It’s model new, and why is the ceiling falling?”
Now Gerbino is urging the division to reevaluate the tunnel, as this incident might have resulted in a unique final result.
“If it was my windshield, I might have crashed,” Gerbino stated.
FDOT Communications Supervisor Guillermo Canedo informed WFLA.com that “preliminary studies counsel a car taller than the tunnel peak clearance of 13’9 hit a piece of the tunnel’s ceiling.”
Canedo reminds motorists to heed peak clearance warnings to keep away from colliding with constructions.
It’s unclear when the taller car struck the tunnel to loosen the concrete that fell.