Iron rod pierces through car: Lucky escape for couple, child

Mangalore Today News Network

Bantwal, Nov 02, 2016: A couple from Bengaluru who were travelling in a Swift dzire car along with their child had a miraculous escape when  the steel rods which were being transported in a Maruti Omni van  pierced through the rear  window  of the car  and came out through the front window shield when its driver applied brakes suddenly on November 1, Tuesday evening   at Dasakody in Soorikumeru near Kalladka  on NH 75.

 

It has been gathered that the driver applied brakes suddenly in a bid to avoid a pothole. Simultaneously, even the driver of the van carrying the rods had applied brakes. Luckily,  the couple and the child escaped by a  hair’s breadth as the rods just passed a few cms above the heads of the woman and her child. The child was sitting on the back seat.

The accident disrupted traffic on the route for some time.