A chunk of metal was thrown up and through the windshield by another vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL – The passenger in a car was critically injured Wednesday (April 4) by a piece of metal that hit her when it crashed through the windshield, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Margaret Musto, 65, of St. Petersburg, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa in critical condition.
The incident happened about 11:15 a.m. on the Pinellas side of northbound I-275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge. Troopers said Glen Musto, 62, of St. Petersburg, was driving a 2017 Lexus RX300 approaching the hump of the bridge behind a vehicle described as a red sedan.
The sedan ran over a piece of metal laying in the roadway, which, when hit, was propelled toward the Lexus. The metal hit the Lexus’ hood, then penetrated the windshield and hit Ms. Musto.
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Florida Highway Patrol said a woman has died after a person driving ran over a piece of metal that launched backward and pierced through a windshield earlier this month.
The incident occurred in Pinellas County on April 4 on the northbound lanes of Interstate 275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge. The victim identified as Margaret Musto died on Saturday.
FHP said a red sedan ran over the piece of metal while approaching a hump on the bridge.
"The metal struck the engine hood ... then penetrated the windshield and struck the passenger," FHP said in a statement.
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Margaret ("Peggy") Marie Kline Musto, 65, passed away on Saturday, April 14th in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was the wife of Glenn Musto as well as the mother of Christopher Musto and Lauren Musto. Glenn and Peggy shared 37 years of marriage. Born in Huntington, Indiana, Peggy was the daughter of Guinevere Anne Miller Kline Schaefer and Edwin Rogers. She graduated with a Master of Science degree in Speech Pathology from the University of South Florida. Later, she built a reputation in the Tampa Bay Area as a talented interior decorator, real estate agent and home stager, and at the time of her passing was considered Pinellas County's #1 home stager. Peggy was a loving, dedicated wife and mother. She had a creative, light-hearted spirit with an inspiring, positive attitude. She was a two-time cancer survivor and dedicated much of her free time to cancer awareness and support. She also enjoyed art, restaurants, and traveling with her family to places like New York City, Paris and Ojai. She made the world a more beautiful place not only through her work and various artistic endeavors, but even more notably through the breadth and depth of her personal relationships with family and friends. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Musto, her two adult children, Christopher Musto and Lauren Musto, her daughter-in-law, Heather Musto, and her future grandson Teddy. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 21st at 2pm at the Garden of Memories Funeral Home, 4207 E. Lake Drive, Tampa, FL, 33610. Flowers may be sent to Garden of Memories.