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Palmdale crash: Woman lucky to be alive after pole goes through windshield

Thursday, April 11, 2019
PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman is lucky to be alive after a pole went right through her windshield in Palmdale.

The driver, named Sheila, told Eyewitness News the long pole missed her by just inches.
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Sheila said she lost control, hit a fire hydrant, newspaper stand and a sprinkler main before crashing into a fence near E. Palmdale Boulevard just after 1 a.m. Thursday.

"It happened within a wink of an eye, it was over before you know it," she said. "I saw the power pole next to me and thought, 'Man, could've went right through me.'"
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Sheila said she's grateful to be alive even though her car is totaled.
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