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CENTRAL ELGIN, Ont. — Police say they’re investigating after a pole dislodged from a transport truck and skewered a car south of London, Ont., narrowly missing the driver.

Provincial police say the incident happened at about 11 a.m. on Monday in Central Elgin, Ont.

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Photos from the scene show a large metal pole going through the windshield of a car, passing right beside the driver’s side head rest and coming out the back of the car.