Swimming pool hurtles into woman’s windscreen during highway crash
A woman has been lucky to walk away from a highway crash after a swimming pool flew into her windscreen. See the images.
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New images have revealed the aftermath of a dramatic highway crash in which a home pool smashed into a car’s windscreen south of Perth.
Up to10 people were involved in the six-car pileup on Forrest Highway and Old Bunbury Rd at Waroona about 11.30am on Tuesday.
A woman at the scene told Nine News that she had to dodge the flying swimming pool that appeared to have come loose from a trailer.
“She could see what was going to happen so she ducked for cover,” WA Police Sergeant Keith Tarver told Nine News on Tuesday.
“When she looked up there was a steel rod through the screen exactly where her face would have been, so very close for her.”
The crash was reportedly caused by a road train that jackknifed on the busy highway about 100km south of the Perth CBD.
Two female motorists were reportedly taken to hospital following the crash, with another two assessed by paramedics at the scene.
“(They had) some minor cuts, bruises and scrapes, but there’s a bit of shock there,” Sergeant Tarver told Nine News.
“It appears not every one of the drivers involved here was paying attention and collided with one another.”
Police are reportedly reviewing dashcam footage of the crash that caused heavy delays at the start of private school holidays.
Originally published as Swimming pool hurtles into woman’s windscreen during highway crash
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