Overview
- The CHP said a metal bar fell from a truck, pierced a cargo van’s windshield and struck the driver in the abdomen in an incident it reports occurred July 1 while she was driving northbound in the Temecula area.
- Authorities say the pregnant woman sustained only minor injuries and that her unborn twins are reported to be fine.
- Photos released by the CHP show a hole and web of cracks in the windshield and identify the object as likely a car-hauler tie-down bar, which the agency cited in its public warning.
- Coverage differs on the exact freeway: ABC7 and CHP reports locate the crash on I-15 near Winchester Road while the Los Angeles Times identifies I-5, and no public record in the coverage resolves that discrepancy.
- The CHP used the case to urge drivers and haulers to secure cargo, noting that road debris causes hundreds of thousands of crashes nationally and warning that routine tie-down checks could prevent similar life-threatening incidents.