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This is the terrifying moment a ‘wrecking ball’ comes loose and smashes through the windscreen of a car, leaving two women screaming in fear.
Shocking footage shows the driver and her passenger traveling through Belfast on Tuesday evening when the giant ball appeared from seemingly nowhere and completely wiped out the moving car.
The chaos was astonishingly captured on dashcam, as the bike collapsed under the impact.
In the video, the women can be heard discussing roadworks along Shore Road, with the left lane completely closed while gas company Phoenix Energy makes improvements.
The two pass a bridge and are in the middle of a conversation when a heavy device – presumably a giant device used to test the pressure in pipes – is launched into the air from behind the roadblocks.
This is the terrifying moment a ‘wrecking ball’ comes loose and smashes through a car’s windscreen, leaving two women screaming in terror
The ball heads straight for the car and a split second later it crashes into the windshield of the motorcycle, completely shattering the glass and front fascia.
The ball heads straight towards the car and a split second later it crashes into the windshield of the motorcycle, completely shattering the glass and front fascia.
The women immediately go into a frenzy and scream in fear as the camera screen goes black and chaos breaks out.
A woman screams in sheer panic as her friend tries to reassure her, repeatedly shouting, “You’re okay, you’re okay.”
Miraculously, no one was injured in the incident, despite one of the women apparently screaming in pain amid the ball’s destruction.
It is not known what caused the construction equipment to fly onto the road, but it appears that it came loose from its anchorage.
The harrowing footage was shared on social media with the caption: ‘Wrecking ball straight through the window of a car on Shore Road.
‘It must have just happened because it’s not on the news yet. Crazy.’
The clip has since received more than 1,000 likes and more than 90 comments from users who were stunned by what they saw.
One user said: ‘How on earth did it get loose from what it was holding?’
Another added: ‘This is one of those things used to test water pressure. It’s basically a huge sink stopper.’
A third wrote: ‘Final destination levels of bad luck.’
In the video, the women can be heard discussing roadworks along Shore Road, with the left lane completely closed while gas company Phoenix Energy makes improvements
A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said today: ‘Police received a report of an incident in the area of Shore Road, Newtownabbey on the morning of Tuesday, March 12, involving a car being struck by an object.
“One vehicle was damaged and no one was injured.”
A spokesperson for Phoenix Energy added: ‘We are aware of an incident that has occurred where a car passing a Phoenix Energy construction project on Shore Road on Tuesday 12 March was damaged by a piece of rubber testing equipment.
‘Such equipment is often used in these types of projects.
“The construction work is being carried out by our main contractor and we know their representatives have been in contact with the driver and passenger.
“While the people in the car were understandably shaken, we understand they were not injured.
‘We are now carrying out an urgent investigation with our contractor and the equipment manufacturer to understand the full context of this incident.
‘The Health and Safety Executive NI has been made aware of this incident by Phoenix and as always we will co-operate fully with all relevant authorities.’