BARRIE -- The OPP Highway Safety Division says three people are lucky to be alive after a wheel smashed the windshield of their pick-up truck while travelling on Highway 400.

Police say it happened around 12:30 p.m. on Monday near Innisfil Beach Road, north of Highway 89.

According to police, the wheel separated from a vehicle travelling southbound on Highway 400, bounced into the northbound lane and collided with the pick-up truck.

All three people in the truck were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

There is no word if charges will be laid.