Washington man hurls 25-pound railroad tie at police car on patrol, shatters windshield: authorities

Police in Bellingham, Washington, escaped serious injury over the weekend after a man hurled a 25-pound railroad tie at their patrol car and were sprayed with glass.

The man heaved the railroad tie into the air "in an arc aimed directly at the windshield of their car," police said. The object crashed through the windshield, showering glass into the vehicle.

The officers, while covered in glass shards, called for backup and approached the man, who refused to cooperate with their orders, police said. When other officers arrived, they took the man safely into custody.