Pipe slams through car windshield on freeway

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CNN/KBAK) - A California driver is thanking his lucky stars after a pipe busted through his windshield.

"I was in shock at first and all I could stare at after my car stopped was the bottom of the pipe," said driver Marcus Kasprzyk.

The driver says the pipe appeared to fall off a car while he was traveling along Highway 99 through Bakersfield.

The pipe became lodged between the steering wheel and the dashboard. Highway Patrol officers say the pipe would have impaled the 41-year-old if it hadn't hit the steering wheel.