TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police told 680News a driver on the eastbound Highway 401 was injured, Wednesday, when a piece of steel debris went through the windshield of his car.

It happened at around 6 a.m. on the eastbound express lanes at Weston Road.

Police said the three-centimetre piece of steel was likely kicked up by a passing tire and shot through the windshield.

The driver received a minor head wound, but are not sure if it was from the piece of steel or a piece of flying glass from the shattered windshield.