BRONX (PIX11) — The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed early Wednesday when a flying manhole cover crashed through his windshield, police said.

Jose Duran, 35, of Springfield, Mass. was driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway about 5:25 a.m. when the freak accident happened.

The manhole cover-turned-missile struck Duran in the head. His tractor-trailer struck another big rig, trapping Duran in his cab. The second driver escaped unscathed.

Duran was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he died of his injuries.