What would you do if a tire crashed through your windshield on the freeway? Erika Chance was that person today, and she escaped without any injury! Her story at six- #abc13 pic.twitter.com/CybJ9RgYBS
— Deborah Wrigley (@wrigleyABC13) January 25, 2020
The impact caused a massive hole in the windshield and extensive damage to the roof of her car.
"It was a tire, coming over the causeway, I mean, a tall wall, that you don't expect anything is going to be next to you," Chance told KTRK. "You don't know where it comes from, and you have literally a split-second to make an instantaneous decision on what you're gonna do.
“Mine just happened to be, hold the wheel steady, and move my head to the left naturally.”
WOW! 😲 The woman was driving on I-45 south when an unsecured tire from the bed of the truck in front of her slammed into her car.https://t.co/tUozUbbD0G
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) January 25, 2020
Chance's father told KTRK she leaned far to the left in her car and the tire was able to completely miss her.
A wrecker driver said the tire was not tied down in the bed of a truck traveling in front of Chance, the television station reported.
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