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Car clips top of big rig while trucker sleeps inside

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Car clips top of big rig while trucker sleeps inside
The top of this big rig was hit by a flying car that was launched into the air after someone drove it in and out of a dry riverbed on Thursday near Los Angeles. (Courtesy: NBC Los Angeles)

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — A Mazda passenger car careened into the top of a semi cab Thursday night near Los Angeles after its driver left the roadway, sped through a dry river bed, then launched out of it.

Police said they had been chasing the Mazda but backed off after deemed it too dangerous to continue. The driver of the Mazda was not at the scene when police arrived.

The truck driver, who was reportedly asleep in the tractor’s bunk, received non-life-threatening injuries.

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Car clips top of big rig while trucker sleeps inside

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