It doesn’t matter if you believe in magic pennies. One man is lucky to be alive after a penny stopped a bullet from hitting him inside his SUV during a road rage incident on a Mississippi highway. The aggressor actually fired seven shots.
Lucky penny in SUV saves life in Mississippi
Jason Walker, from Clinton, Mississippi, is lucky to be alive after being shot at on Interstate 220 at Highway 80 in Jackson. The man was on his way to serve at Truitt Baptist Church on Old Brand Road in Pearl.
As he was driving, another man pulled up beside him in an aggressive manner. The suspect circled his SUV a few times in heavy traffic on 220, so Walker exited on Clinton Boulevard.
Walker pulled over to let the man go around, but this may have been mistaken for aggression as the driver pulled ahead of him and performed a brake check. Then he got beside Walker again while yelling obscenities and making hand gestures…