CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A woman who claimed someone threw a rock at her SUV on Interstate 95 said something needed to be done before someone got seriously hurt, or even killed. The woman, who is afraid for her safety, spoke to WTVR CBS 6 under the condition she could remain anonymous. She said she was headed north on Interstate 95 near Willis Road early Monday morning when she saw an object coming toward her Chevy Tahoe from a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction.
"I was just passing the Willis Road exit, there was an oncoming car in the southbound lanes, the left hand lane, and I see something leaving the car, and I see something white come flying at my car," she said. "If I hadn't taken my foot off the gas, this one would have come through my windshield, I feel sure."
The object, a rock, slammed into the woman' s SUV and became wedged under the hood.
Four months ago, the same woman said a similar incident happened to her and her son along Interstate 95 near the Bells Road exit. That time, the object smashed their windshield.
"Whoever's doing this, they need to stop, someone's really going to get hurt," she said.
When she reported the incident to Virginia State Police, she said she learned others have too.
"We've had several calls lately for incidents occurring on the interstate," Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Vick said. "We've increased patrols in the area."
That area, Vick said, stretched along Interstate 95 from Willis Road in Chesterfield to Parham Road in Henrico.
Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Vick
Vick added some of the incidents involved road debris that was kicked up and damaged cars. He called those incidents accidental in nature.
Police stressed if something like this were to happen to you, quickly and safely call #77 on your mobile phone to report the incident so investigators can get a better idea about where the incident occurred.
