and that was before the driver involved in the crash, Wendy Cobb, appeared on Today with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer.
Wendy Cobb had been cruising on the highway in Cleveland County, going approximately 45 miles per hour, when a nearby truck drove over a 2x4 lying in the road, sending the board rocketing towards her car. The 2x4 pierced the windshield, nearly killing Cobb, who just happened to be recording traffic on her cell phone.
After the ordeal, Cobb's son suggested that his mom post the footage of her North Carolina car accident on YouTube. He thought maybe it would reach 1,000 hits. Thanks to a hat tip from Jalopnik, an auto blogger, however, the story gained heat quickly and drove the YouTube video viral. Cobb had been filming because she believed that the trucks ahead of her were
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