Kingston plow driver nearly impaled by falling tree branch during blizzard
A Kingston, Massachusetts snow plow driver missed injury by inches when a tree branch crashed through his windshield and landed between his legs.
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Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston, producing content for WBZ-TV, CBS News Boston, and cbsnews.com. Matt has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade.
Matt is a graduate of Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he studied communications and sports journalism. He has previous journalism experience at Neighborhood News in New Hampshire, as well as creating local news content for Patch sites throughout Middlesex County.
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