PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Tom Bennett is home on sick leave after a terrifying night on the job.
Tom drives a semi-truck for the U.S. Postal Service and he was on his regular route late Monday night. Just as he passed under the NE 33rd Avenue overpass on I-84, Tom says he heard a loud noise and felt a thump on his chest.
“I see a big hole in the windshield right in front of me and at the same time, the glass was flying. My chest got hit and I thought it was a shotgun blast.”
Tom grabbed his chest, feeling for blood or a gunshot wound. Nothing was there. But he had shards of glass in eyes and couldn’t open them. Luckily, 30 years of commercial driving experience kicked in. Read more