This could have ended much worse.

[ZR]

CENTRAL ELGIN, Ont. -- Police say they're investigating after a pole dislodged from a transport truck and skewered a car south of London, Ont., narrowly missing the driver.
Provincial police say the incident happened at about 11 a.m. on Monday in Central Elgin, Ont.
Photos from the scene show a large metal pole going through the windshield of a car, passing right beside the driver's side head rest and coming out the back of the car.

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PHOTOS


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A metal pole is seen snaking through the windshield and right above the driver's seat headrest of a vehicle in Central Elgin, Ont., on Mar. 26, 2018. (West Region OPP)

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A metal pole is seen snaking through the windshield of a vehicle in Central Elgin, Ont., on Mar. 26, 2018. (West Region OPP)



Officers say the driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
They say the investigation is ongoing, but note that the truck driver could be charged with carrying an unsafe load.


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[5.4MarkVIII]

No need to buy a lotto ticket. I think she just used up all her luck.

[Stephen06GT]

That's a shorts changing event right there.

[ZR]

Your not kidding.

[Old Fart]

Always fear for something like this when passing logging trucks!

[83 5.0]

That's a shorts changing event right there.

Yes a brown under wear day...

[ZR]

Always fear for something like this when passing logging trucks!

I've had the same thought a few dozen times. Also fear for their lives should they rear end another truck or similar.

[Old Fart]

Actually did happen one time long ago on hwy 655...driver did not do so well. Never forgot that.

[Stephen06GT]

I know two people that have had similar experiences. The first was a family driving back to the Soo from a Toronto visit. A block of ice came off the roof of a tractor trailer, and went through the windshield of their car. The driver suffered a serious head/brain injury. The other happened to an outside salesman for a company I worked for. He was traveling on the 401 when a mudflap came off a tractor trailer and sliced through the front windshield of his car like a cleaver. It didn't make it all the way through and he suffered no physical injuries.

[RedSN]

saw blade still takes the cake

http://enmg.hu/images/2015/06/furesz01.jpg
https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03350/expressway_saw_1_3350374b.jpg

or just google "guardrail impales car".