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Car passenger impaled by tripod thrown from highway overpass

Associated Press

Authorities say somebody stole a tripod from a California Department of Transportation crew and then dropped it from an overpass onto a Sacramento freeway, impaling the lung of a passenger in a van.

The driver of the van, Tim Page, tells KCRA-TV that he was on Interstate 5 Thursday morning when the yellow-and-red tripod smashed through the glass. He says it went through his passenger’s lung and popped out.

The man survived but with broken ribs and a partially punctured lung.

A car sits on the edge of a Cailfornian highway with a stolen tripod through its windscreen.
A road crew tripod has impaled a passenger travelling in car on a California highway. Source: AP

Authorities say a 32-year-old man they suspect threw the tripod was arrested on a warrant but may face a charge of attempted murder.

Page volunteers with El Dorado Veteran Resources and had picked up his passenger, another veteran, from the airport.

The car passenger survived after he was impaled by a tripod, pictured, on a California freeway. Source: AP
The passenger survived but with broken ribs and a partially punctured lung. Source: AP

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