A Massachusetts mom is speaking out after a piece of a power tool crashed through her windshield while she traveled to Disney World with her family.
Chynna Higgins was about an hour from their final stop in Florida when the object came flying at the vehicle, according to WHDH and ABC affiliate WCVB-TV.
Higgins said she heard “the loudest bang you could imagine” before she was hit in the face with the object — a seven-inch power tool battery.
“I was like, did I really? Is this really happening? It didn’t seem real,” the mom recalled, WHDH reported.
Soon, Higgins realized she was hurt. “I saw my eye through the rearview mirror and I was bleeding, bleeding everywhere,” she explained.
Higgins was able to safely pull the car off the road until help could arrive, according to WCVB-TV. Her two kids, who were in the back seat, were horrified.
“I could’ve died is the scary thing,” Higgins told the station, adding, “my guardian angels need a raise because this is crazy.”
Higgins was eventually taken to a local hospital, where she received 11 stitches, according to the reports.
It is unclear where the power tool battery came from, though the Massachusetts mom believes it likely came from a landscaping vehicle.
Higgins, who is a landscaper herself, told WHDH that she is “just thankful to be alive” and was able to continue her trip to Disney World.
She still took plenty of photos on the trip, even with her injury from the “traumatic morning,” according to WCVB-TV.
“We had a great time,” Higgins said. “It could’ve been a way different outcome, and I’m more than grateful that it wasn’t.”
