A man driving on Interstate 43 on Thursday morning is thankful to be alive after a tire soared through the air, striking his car.
It's a drive that almost changed Joe Boblick's life forever near Hampton Avenue.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said a vehicle crashed into the median, sending a tire into oncoming traffic and Boblick's path.
"I hit the brakes pretty hard, and if I hadn't slammed on my brakes, it would have gone through my window," Boblick said. "Instead it rolled off the front of my car."
He was able to pull his car to the side, where he waited for help to arrive.
"If I'd been texting or talking on the phone and didn't hit the brakes, it probably would have killed me."
Multiple people have had their cars hit by tires on area freeways in recent years and in 2007, a well-known cardiologist was killed when a tire went through his windshield on I-43.
Boblick feels lucky.
"I'm just glad to go home to my daughter and my wife," said Boblick. I'm very fortunate so I bought some lottery tickets too because there's a lot of luck to go around."
WEBVTT CRASHED INTO HIS CAR, CRUSHINGTHE HOOD.IT HAPPENED NEAR HAMPTON AVENUE.AS BEN HUTCHISON REPORTS, THEDRIVER'S QUICK ACTIONS MAY HAVESAVED HIS LIFE.>> THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGSTHAT ARE OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.>> THERE IS NOTHING I COULD HAVEDONE DIFFERENTLY EXCEPT NOT BETHERE.>> IT'S A DRIVE THAT ALMOSTCHANGED JOE BOBLICK'S LIFEFOREVER ON THURSDAY MORNING.HE WAS ON I-43 NEAR HAMPTONAVENUE.THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT FLU OFTENSUV INTO TRAFFIC.RIGHT INTO BOBLICK'S PATH. >> IF I HAD NOT SLAMMED ON MYBREAKS, IT WOULD GONE THROUGH MYWINDOW.>> HE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS CARTO THE SIDE, WHERE HE WAITED FORHELP TO ARRIVE.THESE PHOTOS SHOW THESUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.>> IF I HAD BEEN TEXTING ORTALKING ON THE PHONE, I WOULDNOT HAVE HIT THE BRAKES, AND ITWOULD HAVE KILLED ME.>> THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERALINCIDENTS INVOLVING TIRES IN THELAST DECADE IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.IN 2015, ON I-94, A TIRE HITTHIS CAR.THE DRIVER WASN'T HURT.IN 2014, ON I WOMAN ESCAPED WITH-43, A MI NOR INJURIES.AND IN 2007, A WELL KNOWNCARDIOLOGIST WAS KILLED WHEN ATIRE WENT THROUGH HIS WINDSHIELD.
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