Calgary man “lucky” after broken tonneau cover smashes windshield on busy highway

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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