‘A foot away’: Port Coquitlam driver says rock ‘narrowly’ missed him
Global News
A driver from Port Coquitlam believes a large rock fell off a dump truck and smashed through a back side car window — narrowly missing him in the process.
A Port Coquitlam man has come forward, sharing his story about a rock smashing his window while he was driving.
Rob Shanks said he was driving on Coast Meridian Road when a dump truck passed him going the other way.
He believes a large rock fell off the dump truck and ended up smashing through a back side window — narrowly missing him in the process.
“There was a bang and next thing I knew the back window was smashed,” he told Global News.
“After a while, I realized (the rock hit) a foot away from where I was sitting.”
Shanks is grateful his son was not in the car, as he often is.
“It seems like these incidents are happening more often,” Shanks said.
Earlier this month, a driver was tragically killed when a volleyball-sized rock smashed through her vehicle’s front window on Highway 1 in Burnaby.
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