UPDATE: Bullet hits truck on Toll Road

By Mark Schirripa
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A South Bend truck driver was nearly shot on Saturday while driving on the Indiana Toll Road. (WSBT Photo)

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Story Created: Nov 22, 2008 at 11:50 PM EST

Story Updated: Nov 24, 2008 at 8:13 AM EST

A South Bend trucker is counting his blessings after a bullet landed in his cab just inches away from the driver's seat.

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It happened early Saturday night along the Toll Road in LaPorte County.

Marcus Allen was hauling auto parts from Gary to Toledo, Ohio, and planning on stopping over in South Bend. Suddenly, his trip was interrupted by shattered glass.

"All of a sudden, a bullet pierced my windshield," Allen told WSBT. "It just missed me by inches and it exited my passenger side door. Actually, I think a bullet, at least one of them, is still lodged in the door frame."

An officer with the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department approached a hunter in a nearby field. The hunter said he hadn’t shot anything but pointed out a house where he’d heard a couple of shots.

The county officer knocked at that house, and the man living there said he’d shot at a couple of deer on his property. The man told him he’d shot toward the bottom of the hill, not up toward the Toll Road. But police say the bullet’s trajectory seemed to come from the man’s house.

While investigating the house, police found 60 grams of pot, numerous bags of marijuana, 30 medium-sized marijuana plants under grow lights, plus about 100 starter plants in a shower. Police say the man's rifle was not legal for hunting.

Several pounds of marijuana, grow lights and the man’s rifle were seized

Allen was not hurt. The same cannot be said for his truck. The shot apparently bounced around the cab and knocked out his entire passenger window.

Allen says he was fortunate that he was not hurt and that he was traveling alone.

"Fortunately, my wife wasn't with me because sometimes she might ride with me, and it just passed through where the passenger might have been sitting."

Police are emphasizing tonight that this is an isolated incident, and there is no reason to stay off the roads.

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