CANTON, Mass. (AP) – A Rhode Island man says he narrowly escaped injury when a hammer was thrown through the window of his van during a road rage incident in Massachusetts.

Helder Miranda told state police he was cut off by a pickup truck on Interstate 93 in Canton. After he exchanged words with the other driver, Miranda said a passenger in the pickup flung the hammer at his van.

The hammer shattered a passenger-side window and missed hitting Miranda by inches. No one was else was in the van, which the Warwick man often uses to give rides to the elderly.

The pickup – which had Connecticut license plates – did not stop after Wednesday’s incident. State police recovered the hammer and are testing it for fingerprints.