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COLORADO SPRINGS– A mother was driving on Interstate 25 on Thursday, when she had a terrifying close-call with a trailer hitch that fell off of a white Ford F-250 and came crashing through her windshield.

Tristen Ramos shared the story on Facebook, showing photos of her smashed windshield, along with the trailer hitch next to a child’s car seat.

According to Ramos, it happened on Interstate 25 near the Fillmore Street exit between 12:55 p.m. and 1:03 p.m.

“The one time I put Avery’s car seat on the side by the door and not the middle a trailer hitch comes back and smashes our car. Goes into the back where Avery’s car seat would have been!!!”