Nathaniel dhorn says he’s just happy to be able to go to his construction job Monday morning I definitely count my myself as uh lucky and fortunate that uh God had his uh protecting hand over me on Friday afternoon so it’s good to be here at work his truck showing the evidence of what happened Friday afternoon Southbound on Stony Trail West near the old BFF Coach Road exit I was just driving along just got up the hill the new on the new Ring Road and all of a sudden I see a tunnel cover uh fly off the back of a pickup truck I swerve to avoid it as much as I can but uh it it still struck the passenger side of my vehicle tenno covers look like this and are supposed to be secured to trucks experts tell us it comes down to installation and maintenance to prevent these types of dangers I was pretty terrified I I when when people tell you they saw their life flash before your eyes I saw my life flash for my eyes and everything kind of it looked like it was all slow motion until it hit the glass and then everything kind of sped up again and I was just thankful that nothing had hit me soon after came the reality of what might have happened happened my wife would have been with me or one of my friends would have been with me from work it would have been a whole another situation right it uh I’m just I’m very thankful that I was alone on that trip and no one was hurt Dorn says the driver of the pickup never bothered to stop why they would just take off you could have killed myself or if I had a passenger you could have killed the passenger in my vehicle police came and they took it down as a hit and run because the vehicle obviously did not stop Dorn says police are investigating and he hopes someone who saw what happened calls in with more information Doug B Global News
A Calgary man says he counts himself as lucky after surviving a terrifying ordeal on a busy highway.
Nathaniel Dykxhoorn was driving southbound on Stoney Trail on Friday afternoon when a tonneau cover of a pickup truck in front of his vehicle flew off and nearly impaled him.
“I swerved to avoid it as much as I could but it still struck the passenger side of my vehicle sending an aluminum rod and pieces of plastic and whatnot through the windshield, blowing up the side passenger window, breaking off a mirror, busting up a headlamp,” he said
“Some of it went under the truck, hit the lower valance. Did a whole myriad of damage to the truck.”
Tonneau covers are supposed to be secured to trucks, and experts tell Global News it comes down to the installation and maintenance to prevent this type of incident from happening.
Dykxhoorn counts himself lucky he was able to go to his construction job on Monday morning.
He said police are investigating the incident as a hit and run, as the driver of the truck didn’t stop.
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God was aiming for you, brother.
People who don’t secure objects to their vehicles while on highways, deserve hefty fines. This cannot be tolerated.