Physics - Moving Along Bezier Path

Hello.

Can someone let me know if you can detect a collision on an object that is moving along a bezier path?

For example…

I am using this code to create a path for my object to travel (Think of a bowling ball travelling down a pre-defined path)

http://developer.coronalabs.com/code/bezier-object-along-curves-path

As the bowling ball travels along the pre-defined bezier path I want to add another physics object (Pin) that will collide with the Ball as it moves.

As the bowling ball is simply stepping through the animation, am I able to simulate a collision as if there was force being applied to the pin?

Thanks in advance!!

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