Colchester, Vt. — A Vermont family got a scare after a steel bar flew into their car, just inches away from hitting their 1-year-old child.
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The truck's driver was ticketed for an unsecured load.
The family were on the interstate in Colchester when a pickup behind them was forced to brake. Re-bar on the truck's roof slid forward and flew through the car, piercing the top of the child's safety seat, inches from the baby's head.
The baby wasn't hurt.