SUV v. tailpipe

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The Minnesota State Patrol posted this picture on its Facebook page this afternoon. A tailpipe fell off a car or truck and plunged through the window of this SUV on 35 E south just south of Yankee Doodle in Eagan yesterday afternoon.

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It’s not known whether it fell off an exhaust system or was in a load of scrap metal being transported at the time.

Nobody got hurt, but imagine if the driver had been texting or otherwise distracted.

(h/t: Julia Schrenkler)