{"id":403741,"date":"2026-07-18T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:41:07","slug":"truck-carrying-metal-pipes-loses-load-spearing-through-car-window-in-oc-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403741\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck carrying metal pipes loses load, spearing through car window in OC crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SANTA ANA, Calif. &#8211; A pickup truck hauling unsecured metal pipes turned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Orange County <\/a>freeway into a real-life scene straight out of &#8220;Final Destination&#8221; Thursday when the cargo speared through a sedan \u2014 narrowly missing the driver.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/organization\/chp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> California Highway Patrol (CHP<\/a>) Santa Ana, the crash happened on the freeway when a white pickup truck carrying a load of metal pipes rear-ended a gray sedan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The force of the initial impact launched the unsecured pipes forward, sending them crashing straight through the sedan&#8217;s rear window and into the passenger cabin.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver of the sedan managed to escape the harrowing ordeal with only minor injuries, the CHP said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials highlighted the severity of the negligence, noting that the truck driver avoided severe criminal liability only by chance.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Had this crash resulted in a fatality, the driver of the truck could have faced charges for manslaughter,&#8221; the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This incident follows another recent unsecured cargo scare just a week prior on the 15 Freeway in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/riverside-county\/temecula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Temecula,<\/a> where a metal bar flew off a truck, smashed through a windshield, and struck a pregnant woman in the stomach. She suffered only minor injuries, and her unborn baby was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The identities of the drivers involved in the crash were not released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It&#8217;s unclear if the driver of the white pickup truck was issued any citations or faces active traffic charges at this time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Data from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that between 2011 and 2014, road debris caused more than 200,000 police-reported crashes and killed 500 people.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Before you drive, make sure your load is secure by following these safety steps:<\/p>\n<p> Tie down items with rope, netting, bungee cords, or straps.Use a sturdy tarp or netting to keep smaller debris from escaping.Don\u2019t overload your vehicle or trailer past its functional capacity.Double-check to ensure everything is completely secure before hitting the road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information provided by CHP Santa Ana division and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/unusual\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unusual<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/santa-ana\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Ana<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/organization\/chp\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CHP<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA ANA, Calif. &#8211; A pickup truck hauling unsecured metal pipes turned an Orange County freeway into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1184,852,100,611,1768,338,821,49300,1181],"class_list":["post-403741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-ca","tag-chp","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-organization","tag-santa-ana","tag-traffic","tag-unusual","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}