'Part of his shirt went into his lung as well': Veteran pierced after man, 32, 'launched a tripod into traffic' from a California overpass and it crashed through a charity's van windshield
Two veterans nearly died when a tripod was launched into the vehicle they were driving near Sacramento on Thursday Tim Page is a volunteer with the El Dorado Veteran Resources, part of the Military Family Support Group nonprofit, and was driving the vehicle at the time He had been driving from the Sacramento International Airport to the Mather Airport to pick another veteran, before heading to Placerville When the tripod came crashing into the vehicle, Page said that it went right through the man's lung and through the other side The men were taken to the UC Davis Medical Center and are said to be in stable condition Authorities believe that 32-year-old Matthew Adam Thompson launched the tripod into traffic from the 2nd Street overpass The California Highway Patrol believe Thompson stole the tripod from a Caltrans survey crewBy Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 21:53 BST, 18 May 2019 | Updated: 00:34 BST, 19 May 2019
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A veteran and his volunteer driver narrowly avoided death when a tripod came crashing through their van's windshield in California on Thursday.
The horrifying incident occurred around 10.30am as the duo were leaving Sacramento International Airport and headed southbound Interstate 5.
'I saw a yellow something out of the corner of my eye,' volunteer Tim Page - who is also a Navy veteran - explained to KCRA.
'When it hit the windshield, then I ducked and kind of bent over, a little late of course. And when I straightened up and looked over, that's when I saw this through the windshield.'
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Two veterans nearly died when a tripod was launched into the vehicle they were driving near Sacramento on Thursday
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Page is a volunteer with the El Dorado Veteran Resources, part of the Military Family Support Group nonprofit.
He had been
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