Firefighters say a lucky driver would have been "impaled" if the huge beam had been just a few inches to the right.A driver had a miraculous escape
after a huge metal beam smashed through the front windscreen of his car, missing his head by inches.
The BMW was travelling south on the I-280 near San Jose just after 2pm on Friday when the beam fell from the back of a nearby truck, fire department spokesman Captain Christopher Salcido told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The driver managed to pull over to the side of the road and was able to walk away from the accident.
San Jose Fire Department tweeted a picture of the damaged vehicle with the warning: "Reminder Always be alert to your surroundings. Solo driver SB280 escaped with only a scratch."
Captain Salcido said: "Had the person been a little more to the right, it would have impaled him.
"It looks like he not so much dodged a bullet, but dodged a large beam of metal."
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