Chris Benn was driving home from a holiday in his campervan with his wife when a metal missile smashed through his windscreen and into his body on the M42
A Leeds campervan driver narrowly escaped death but was left writhing in unbearable pain when a massive lump of metal crashed through his windscreen and into his body on the M42. The chunk of metal, a kingpin lock, is believed to have detached itself from a lorry and shot right into his van as he was driving home with his wife.
Read more: 'There is a bomb on your ward - evacuate everyone' - listen to chilling voicenote sent by 'lone wolf terrorist' The couple's campervan has been rendered useless due to the incident, reports Birmingham Live. Warwickshire Police are urging anyone with any information or witnesses to come forward while the couple is calling upon anyone with dashcam footage to get in touch.
"I was reading a Kindle so I didn't see what happened, I heard an almighty bang and when I turned around there was a hole in the windscreen and Chris said: 'My arm's gone'. I leant forward to make sure he still had an arm, and it was dangling. "It was heavy," she said. "I had to use two hands to pick it up. It was covered in oil. It must have been coming towards us as it carried on coming through the back. When the traffic police arrived he said it was a kingpin.
"Chris had his operation yesterday, it all went as OK as it could do," said Rachel. "There's just a bit of muscle the surgeon can't repair because there's a main artery underneath it. He might not ever get his arm back to go over his head, and his job involves that so it's horrendous. They said nine to 12 months he'll be out of work."
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