PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A woman was killed by a falling piece of metal while driving on I-95 on Monday.
Pennsylvania State Police said 33-year-old Cara Mia Panichelli was driving her Subaru Impreza south on I-95 near Columbus Boulevard around 4:45 p.m. when a large piece of metal pierced the driver’s side windshield.
She was struck in the chest and lost control of her car, striking a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the process. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Three people in the Jeep, including a child, were not injured, authorities said.
Panichelli, according to her obituary on the Pennsylvania Burial Company's website, was a mother of two.
Investigators don’t know where the piece of metal came from.
Police are asking anyone who was driving on I-95 on Monday and might have seen what happened to give them a call at 215-452-5216.