An 18-year-old woman was injured Monday when a piece of rebar came through the windshield of a vehicle she was traveling in on U.S. 189 near Deer Creek Reservoir.

The incident resulted in a nearly two-hour closure of the highway, causing significant traffic delays.

Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Cam Roden said the vehicle was northbound on the highway just east of Deer Creek Dam when a rebar pipe came over the concrete barrier, struck the hood of the vehicle, and went through the front windshield. It impaled the woman, who was in the passenger seat, and pinned her to the seat.

Emergency responders were dispatched to the area at 2:47 p.m. The highway was closed in both directions to land a medical helicopter as they worked to free the woman.

Ultimately, the helicopter wasn’t needed, Roden said

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