A driver from Port Coquitlam believes a large rock fell off a dump truck and smashed through a back side car window — narrowly missing him in the process.
Rob Shanks said he was driving on Coast Meridian Road when a dump truck passed him going the other way.
He believes a large rock fell off the dump truck and ended up smashing through a back side window — narrowly missing him in the process.“After a while, I realized a foot away from where I was sitting.”Woman struck by ‘volleyball-sized rock’ on Highway 1 diesStory continues below advertisement Earlier this month, a driver was tragically killed when a volleyball-sized rock smashed through her vehicle’s front window on Highway 1 in Burnaby.Investigators are still trying to determine where the rock came from.Also last month, Sadie Woudstra was driving home on Highway 1 between East Vancouver and Burnaby when something shattered her sunroof.
In a statement, the city of Port Coquitlam said, “bylaw officers are monitoring truck activity to ensure drivers are using permitted routes only and have issued fines for those violating weight restrictions.” The B.C. Ministry of Transportation also said it is always concerned to hear about incidents such as Shanks, and it’s working with police to enforce rules around insecure loads.
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