A driver on 880 lived through one of my greatest random fears (and maybe yours, too?), when a long metal piece of debris flew off of a vehicle and through the windshield of a car behind it.

In an effort to avoid scenarios like the one in the disturbing, gory and NSFW opening scene of the 2005 horror movie The Descent, I've been known to switch lanes or slow waaaaay down to get away from trucks loaded with pipes or poles, especially when those items seem poorly secured. But on a crowded freeway like 880, that's not possible, the driver of a black Mercedes learned Friday.

According to a Facebook post by CHP-Oakland, "an unknown vehicle spilled some of its load on I-880." Then "another vehicle kicked up the debris," where it shot through the front windshield of the car you see in the photos above and below.

Fortunately, no one was in or behind the passenger seat. Otherwise, the tone I'm taking with this piece would have been far more somber, as would the post from the CHP. But with tragedy averted, the CHP was able to take a lighter approach, writing "Luckily these puppies are part feline and used one of their nine lives," which allowed everyone in the Mercedes to walk "away unharmed."

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