An 18-year-old Utah woman is alive after being impaled Monday by flying rebar while riding in a car southwest of the Wyoming border, Utah Highway Patrol confirmed to Cowboy State Daily.

Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) said in a statement that the woman was in the front passenger seat of a Toyota Corolla traveling northbound on State Road 189. That road connects Provo, Utah, to Jackson, Wyoming.

A “concrete form stake” struck the hood of her vehicle and went through the windshield, impaling the woman in the chest, the UHP reports.

A Life Flight helicopter responded to the scene, but the woman was ultimately transported to a nearby hospital by ground in serious condition.

UHP spokesman Lt. Cameron Roden told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that the woman was alive and in serious condition as of

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