Pipes smash through windshield, at least 1 injured on Phoenix freeway

PHOENIX — A driver in a truck on a Phoenix freeway avoided decapitation Thursday morning, when long pipes on a flatbed truck in front of the vehicle smashed through its windshield.

STORY: Pipes loaded onto flatbed truck smash through SUV's windshield near I-17 and Bethany Home Road. https://t.co/2vVFGhnTnP pic.twitter.com/OubLg9SaTZ

— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix) March 9, 2017

The wreck on southbound Interstate 17 near Bethany Home Road shut down two lanes for nearly an hour until shortly before 8 a.m.

The driver of the trailing truck was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

(ADOT Webcam)

No other details were immediately available.

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