LOS ANGELES - California Highway Patrol says one of its cars got hit by flying shrapnel during a Marines celebration event attended by Vice President JD Vance.

What we know:

CHP said in its report that an artillery round from Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated midflight over I-5 Freeway – ending with the metal shrapnel hitting the patrol cruiser on Saturday, October 18.

The incident left the patrol cruiser damaged, CHP said. CHP officers were at the celebration event to help coordinate traffic along I-5 near Camp Pendleton when the shrapnel incident happened.

The incident happened in the area where CHP officers were supporting a traffic break along I-5 near Camp Pendleton during an exceptional U.S. Marine Corps live-fire training demonstration over the freeway, and where the CH

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