Woman impaled by metal rod that fell from who was riding in front of her truck

The police shared photos of a metal rod which pierced the woman.

As reported by CNN, a California woman is recovering after a large metal rod has pierced her leg. The rod fell from a truck traveling on the highway, as reported by the police.

The victim, whose name is not known, were driving on Highway 99 in Sacramento on Saturday, when moving from the front of her truck dropped a large metal rod.

«A metal rod jumped and entered the right front side of car brand Chevy has passed through the engine compartment and entered the passenger compartment of the car. He stabbed the right foot of a passenger sitting on the right passenger seat,» — said in a statement, the staff of the California highway patrol in Sacramento.

The driver was able to safely Park the car at the curb and call 911. Specialists who arrived on the call, freed the woman from the car, after which she was taken to a local hospital where she is in stable condition.

Employees of the California highway patrol stated that the truck did not stop after he dropped a metal rod, and the authorities collect all the information in this case.

It is also interesting that last month a Georgia driver survived after he drove into a truck loaded with logs, and fallen logs struck the windshield of his car. As CNN reports, the man bent down to get something in the car, right before hitting the truck. The head of the fire brigade of the County of Whitfield Edward O’brien said that dozens of logs punched a hole just at the place where the driver’s head, allowing him not only to survive, but to only minor injuries. Edward O’brien commented on the incident: «It felt as if the logs had been that way to get in his head.»

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