Sometimes, whilst you’re driving, you solely must be afraid of different drivers. However as we’ve discovered through the years, different drivers aren’t the one issues it’s worthwhile to fear about on the highway. Possibly a wood plank might fly by your windshield. Or maybe a sequence hyperlink will break and fly by your windshield. Heck, somebody may even throw a spear by your windshield. However let’s additionally not neglect in regards to the danger of flying wheels coming by your windshield, both.
USA Right now reviews that on Monday morning, a Nissan pickup truck misplaced its driver’s facet rear wheel whereas driving alongside Interstate 70 in Indiana. Whereas the truck was headed east, the wheel bounced over the divider and into westbound site visitors. Sadly for one of many drivers, it ended up hitting her windshield and demolishing her roof. The automotive then veered off the freeway into “a steep ditch,” smashed by a fence and eventually got here to a cease on its facet in somebody’s yard.
Sadly, state police reportedly discovered the driving force unresponsive after they arrived, and paramedics declared her lifeless on the scene. It’s a tragic loss of life, and on the identical time, it’s additionally a minor miracle that nobody else was injured by the flying wheel or the ensuing crash. Right now, police have determined to not launch her identify however have reportedly notified her household. They’ve additionally already discovered the driving force of the truck that misplaced its wheel, though it’s unclear in the event that they plan to file any prices within the case.
Police have mentioned the crash nonetheless stays beneath investigation and that they haven’t any plans to launch extra data going ahead. Which might be for the most effective as the driving force’s household and mates grieve her sudden loss of life, and the driving force has to course of the truth that their damaged wheel led to a very harmless individual shedding her life.