During the 250th anniversary demonstration of the Marine Corps at the US Camp Pendleton base, the ammunition fired prematurely exploded in the sky of the highway in the state of California on which the US Vice President JD was traveling. Vance's motorcade.
The fragments of the bomb fell on a State Patrol car and a motorcycle, the "Los Angeles Times" reports.
The incident took place on October 18. Debris struck a California Highway Patrol vehicle that was on a closed stretch of Interstate 5 after returning from escorting Vance to an event.
The newspaper notes that the shot was fired from an M777 howitzer, which can fire 155mm projectiles.
