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An Iowa State Trooper and his deputies just miss a flying car. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 19, 2014 4:36 PM UTC While he was writing up an accident report, this Iowa state trooper almost became subject of another one. In dashboard cam video released by the Johnson County Sheriff’s office, an airborne truck does not slow down when approaching the crash scene, flies off the road into a ditch, hits the stopped car and grazes the trooper and his deputies. 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