Road Hazard

Last Thursday morning, before noon, I was driving west bound on 70 east of Indianapolis when I was unable to avoid some road debris. In the rear view mirror I observed it skidding across the road like a strange snake. Didn't think much of it at the time as if you do any driving you run over things in the road from time to time and the truck (F-150) didn't seem to mind. Just east of Greenfield there was a sound of something metallic striking the inside of my wheel well and the driver front tire started to deflate. I was able to make it to the Greenfield exit and stopped at a gas station (RaceTrac). After putting on the spare I continued on. Then I started to notice several vehicles, along my way, pulled over the side of 70 changing flat tires. Making me think they may have struck the same object. Thinking back that object looked like it could have been stop sticks. The tire, had a hole in it is just the right size to have been a prong from a stop stick. The prongs are metal and that would follow with the metallic sound from the wheel well prior to the tire deflating. With one prong the tire would have deflated slowly, but once it worked it's way out would have increased. Is anyone out there that had the same problem on 70 west bound just east of Indy last Thursday? Did you find a metal prong in your tire?