EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A man in Brooklyn is lucky to be alive after a freak accident resulted in him being struck by a steel beam on Thursday.
The accident occurred as the man was driving through East New York in a Nissan Altima, as a truck was double parked and being loaded outside a warehouse just off of the intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Dewitt Avenue.
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Witnesses say that the man somehow rear ended the truck just after 4 p.m., causing a steel beam sticking out the back to go through the car's windshield and hit the driver.
Firefighters needed to cut open the vehicle to get the man out.
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He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in serious condition.
Police are investigating the accident.
(Courtesy: Craig Bertagni)