A driver’s narrow escape

                                                                                      (C)AP

Northern California authorities say a driver is lucky to be alive after a large metal beam pierced the windshield of his SUV while on a San Jose freeway. San Jose Fire Department Capt. Christopher Salcido says the beam fell off of a flatbed truck, crashing through the windshield and lodging itself into the driver's seat of the BMW. The driver, 66-year-old Don Lee of San Jose, California, suffered a small scratch to his right arm. Both vehicles were traveling at 96.5 kph when the incident occurred around noon Friday on I-280.