NewsDecember 16, 2015
Driver dodges death when large metal beam pierces windshield
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Northern California authorities said a driver is lucky to be alive after a large metal beam pierced the windshield of his SUV on a San Jose freeway. San Jose Fire Department Capt. Christopher Salcido said the beam fell off a flatbed truck, crashing through the windshield and lodging itself into the driver's seat of the BMW...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Northern California authorities said a driver is lucky to be alive after a large metal beam pierced the windshield of his SUV on a San Jose freeway.
San Jose Fire Department Capt. Christopher Salcido said the beam fell off a flatbed truck, crashing through the windshield and lodging itself into the driver's seat of the BMW.
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The driver, 66-year-old Don Lee of San Jose, California, suffered a small scratch to his right arm.
Both vehicles were traveling at 60 mph when the incident occurred about noon Friday on Interstate 280.
Javier Zambrano, 22, of Los Banos, California, was driving the truck carrying the beam.
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