Reggie Willits said he saw his life flash before his eyes Saturday afternoon as he returned to Anaheim from a youth clinic in Chino Hills.
Angels community relations manager Matt Bennett was driving Willits, Maicer Izturis and bullpen catcher Steve Soliz on the freeway when a truck in a neighboring lane kicked up a long sheet of metal. The piece of metal slammed into the windshield, causing it to shatter in a web-like pattern. Despite cracking, the windshield still held together.
Willits said he was in the passenger seat while Izturis and Soliz rode in the back.
My heart was racing, Willits said. If that thing comes through (the windshield) we’re gonners. There was nothing Matt could do it happened so fast.