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2021- Present Incidents

• Wheel falls off semi, injures five people changing flat tire on I-80/94, say Indiana State Police
  (Lakeshore Public Radio | By Michael Gallenberger. Published August 17, 2023 at 7:02 PM CDT)
• 2 killed on I-75 N in Miami County after tires come off flatbed trailer
  (LOCAL NEWS, By Jen Balduf. Updated June 12, 2023)
• Car passenger killed when large truck's tire flies across Katy Freeway, authorities say
  (ABC13 Eyewitness News. ByCharly Edsitty KTRK. Friday, April 14, 2023)
• Loose wheel falls off commercial vehicle, strikes SUV injuring 2, OPP say
  (Ashley Hyshka. CTVNewsLondon.ca Web Writer. Published Feb. 25, 2023 11:52 a.m. EST)
• Police: Truck driver killed after another semi’s tires fall off, strike vehicle
  (By Jake Pietrasz and Andrew McMunn. Published: Jan. 17, 2023 at 8:34 PM EST)
• Flying wheel crashes into car on busy Ontario highway
  (Phil Tsekouras, CTV News Toronto Multi-Platform Writer. Published Nov. 15, 2022 11:42 a.m. EST)
• Flying wheel from boat trailer strikes 3 vehicles on Ontario's QEW, leaves man dead.
  (CBC News · Posted: Oct 18, 2022 1:36 PM ET)
• Semi-truck tires separate from big rig, tear through Georgia woman’s home: ‘Sounded like a bomb’
  (By: Kevin Roble, Jolyn Hannah, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Sep 4, 2022 / 10:57 AM EDT)
• Dining mother and child injured by flying truck tire
  (By Wimberly Patton -August 19, 2022)
• Man killed, child injured when wheels come off 18-wheeler on North Freeway, sheriff says
  (Author: KHOU 11 Staff. Published: 4:25 PM CDT August 4, 2022)
• Truck tire bounces across 401 in Quinte West
  (August 03, 2022 - 5:15 PM Paul Martin News, Quinte)
• Video shows loose tire flying down Burnaby’s Highway 1 as cars swerve
  (By Amy Judd Global News. Posted June 7, 2022 6:42 pm)
• Woman breaks neck after runaway truck tire flies across N.J. highway
  (Published: May. 27, 2022, 11:46 am)
• Trooper’s vehicle struck by flying big rig wheels
  (By The Trucker News Staff - March 18, 2022)
• Wheels Fly Off Truck, Striking 2 Cars on I-95; Driver Says He ‘Almost Lost the Whole Truck' Luckily, no one was injured
  (By Marc Fortier and John Moroney • Published August 13, 2021 • Updated on August 13, 2021 at 7:51pm)

2011-2020 Incidents

• Toronto man, 24, killed after flying wheel struck his van on Highway 401 identified
  (Katherine DeClerq, Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto, Published Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:07am EDT)
• Wheel falls off transport truck along Hwy. 401 in Scarborough, injuring 4 people
  (By GABBY RODRIGUES GLOBAL NEWS: June 17, 2020 8:12 am)
• Beloved First Grade Teacher Killed by Flying Tire State police are still looking for a truck with Maine license plates that is believed to have lost the tire(By Marc Fortier and Kathryn Sotnik • Published June 11, 2020 • Updated on June 12, 2020 at 12:08 am)
• Tire flies off vehicle on I-80, strikes car windshield, injures woman
  (WCEDNews: Posted on March 13, 2020)
• Loose tractor-trailer tire crashes into Jeep windshield on Hwy. 7 east of Peterborough: OPP (BY GREG DAVIS GLOBAL NEWS: February 19, 2020 6:05 pm)
• Family of woman killed by flying tire on Middle Georgia highway sues trucking firm (By Joe Kovac Jr.: January 13, 2020 03:17 PM)
• Driver sent to hospital after vehicle struck by flying tires off tractor trailer
  (December 3, 2019 7:21 p.m. EST)
• Tires fly off 2 vehicles on GTA highways Tuesday, bounce into oncoming lanes: OPP (By Ryan Rocca Global News, November 19, 2019)
• Truck tire bounces off interstate, sets Mississippi visitor’s center on fire
  (By: Peter Fleischer: Oct 22, 2019 / 04:31 PM CDT)
• Driver of SUV 'lucky to be alive' after flying wheels hit vehicle on Hwy. 400: OPP (June 19, 2019) - Link No Longer Available
• Watch: Wheel flies off of truck on I-4, slams into car parked at nearby home
  (FOX 13 News: Published March 31 Hillsborough County)
• Tulane student killed by flying tires at highway rest stop in Mississippi: police (March 6, 2019)
• Loose tractor-trailer tire crashes into Jeep windshield on Hwy. 7 east of Peterborough: OPP (By Greg Davis Global News: February 19, 2020 6:05 pm)
• Flying tire smashes into woman's windshield on North Freeway (December 20, 2018)
• A Truck’s Flying Wheel Kills a Motorist, and the Sanitation Industry’s Safety Record Is Again an Issue. The company whose truck was involved in the fatal accident in Brooklyn has repeatedly been cited for safety violations. (August 2, 2018)
• RCMP narrowing search for vehicle that lost wheel, killing driver on Alberta highway - Edmonton - CBC News (December 13, 2017)
• Alpharetta woman ID’d as driver killed by flying tire on Ga. 400 (October 19, 2017)
• Flying tractor-trailer wheel caused fatal accident on 417, Fatal collision (Friday, February 10, 2017)
• Flying tire hits vehicle injuring occupant on Highway 401 By David Shum Global News (July 4, 2016)
• Two wheels flew off a garbage truck near Ingersoll Wednesday morning, adding to a spike in wheel separations. By Megan Stacey, Woodstock Sentinel-Review (April 13, 2016) - Link No Longer Available
• Oxford OPP respond to another incident of wheel detaching from truck and striking vehicle on Highway 401. By Megan Stacey, Woodstock Sentinel-Review (February 16, 2016)
• Wheel-Check Safety Campaign (February 10, 2016) - Link No Longer Available
• Man killed by flying truck tire on Highway 400 ID’d as former construction CEO
  By Will Campbell Global News (January 29, 2016)
• Mounting Death Toll From Demounted Tires/Wheels (January 29, 2016)
• Wheel breaks off pickup truck, kills motorist in Lexington. The Associated Press Published: January 27, 2016, 7:26am - Link No Longer Available
• Wheel flies off truck, strikes another car near Vaughan. Kendra Mangione, CTVNews.ca Writer (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)
• HIGHWAY 401: Fly-away truck wheel strikes Ministry of Transportation vehicles at Putnam inspection station on Highway 401. By Dale Carruthers, The London Free Press.
  (Monday, November 23, 2015)
• FATALITY: Transportation critic wants more done to make highways safer from flying truck wheels. By Jennifer O'Brien, The London Free Press (Monday, November 9, 2015)
• Truck tire hits oncoming car, kills driver on Highway 401 near Putnam. CTV London (Published Friday, November 6, 2015)
  
• Flying wheel from truck in Mississauga causes woman's death
  Brampton, Ont., resident Diane Tsialtas was struck Friday while walking on Meadowvale Boulevard (CBC News, Sep 19, 2015)
• Flying tire crashes through car windshield, kills 23-year-old Independence man.
  FOX4 News (July 8, 2015, by Robert Townsend)
• Maintenance: Wheel-Check Loose Nut Indicator (Government Fleet, Managing Public Sector Vehicles and Equipment. June 23, 2015) - Products
• Checked Your Lug Nuts Lately? Work Truck Magazine. Checking the lug nuts on a commercial motor vehicle should be a part of a Daily Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR). Indicators of a loose lug nut could be shiny metal or new rust. If the lug nut is less than hand-tight, the rim could come off. - Link No Longer Available
• No injuries from flying bus tire on the Gardiner (01/24/2015) Toronto Sun, By Chris Doucette
• This Video Is Why People Are Terrified To Drive On The Highway. The Huffington Post Canad, By Michael Bolen (01/15/2015)
• DRIVING: It's a busy season for flying tires (12/10/14) The Hamilton Spectator, By Molly Hayes - Link No Longer Available
• WATCH: Runaway Truck Tire Crashes Through Window, Sends Man Flying (12/20/14) Fox News Insider. A janitor at a Texas medical clinic is lucky to be alive after a freak accident. - Link No Longer Available
• Driver whose truck lost a tire in fatal Route 28 crash did not have valid license, police say (11/21/2014) By Madasyn Czebiniak and Jon Schmitz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Link No Longer Available
• Flying truck tire renews outrage (11/12/2014) Toronto Star. By: Alyshah Hasham Jennifer Pagliaro and Wendy Gillis, Published on 12/22/2011. The death of a 53-year-old woman on the QEW from a stray truck tire on Thursday is raising questions about the wisdom of closing truck inspection sites.
• Grad student killed when semitractor's wheel smashes into car on California highway (11/10/2014)
• Reviews of Lug Nut Torque Indicators by Truck Drivers - Link No Longer Available
• Wheel comes loose, crosses interstate, causes accident (10/20/2014) Wyandotte Daily, Kansas - Link No Longer Available
• Man killed on I-95 when wheel crashes into windshield (09/20/2014)
• Police seize tractor-trailer that may have lost tires in deadly I-79 crash. Police: Tractor-trailer tires fell off and hit SUV in Aleppo Township (09/16/2014)
  
• Wheel separation incidents can prove deadly; NTSB doesn't track them (09/15/2014) By Tom Fontaine
• Mississauga News, Flying Truck tire hits Car (06/06/2014)
• Update: Bouncing Wheel Accident Could Have Been Prevented (04/04/2014) - Link No Longer Available
• Pair of semi wheels fly loose, crash through SD house. (03/05/2014) By Ben Grove - Link No Longer Available
• Man changing tire killed by loose truck wheel (02/07/2014) - Link No Longer Available
• Wheel Separations (MEA FORENSIC) By Mark Bailey, MSc, PEng, PE
• Truck loses tire, deadly New Hampshire truck accident (10/16/2013) Written by Mike Leizerman
• Truck wheel bounces off police cruiser, strikes car, kills driver in NH (09/18/2013) - Link No Longer Available
• Teenagers Killed When Truck's Wheels Crash Through Windshield (06/22/2013)
• Loose tires fly off truck, nearly hit two people in Hosmer (05/13/2013) - Link No Longer Available
• Woman killed by flying tire ‘had nowhere to go’. (April 26, 2013) AJC News. By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Link No Longer Available
• Motorist Hit by Flying Tractor-Trailer Tire on Long Island Expressway. (April 24, 2013) By Greg Cergol NBC New York News4
• Flying truck tires slam two cars on Oakville QEW(11/28/2012) Hamilton Spectator
• Woman Killed by Flying Tire on QEW (10/15/2012)
• Shaping Up Collection...Collection and transfer vehicles must stand up to harsh climates and rough use. Keeping them safe and efficient requires the correct choice of tires, suspension, and brakes. (04/23/2012) By Lori Lovely, MSW Management
  
• Port Authority: Over-Tightening To Blame For Bus Losing Tires (02/27/2012)
• Flying semi wheels smash through man's home. Toronto Sun. Jenna McMurray, QMI Agency (02/16/2012)
  
• Deaths from stray transport truck wheels renew calls for heightened vigilance (12/23/2011)
• Police searching for truck after Hamilton woman killed by flying tractor-trailer tire on the QEW (12/22/2011) National Post. By Nida Siddiqui. - Link No Longer Available
• Woman dies after truck tire smashes car (12/22/2011)
  
• Truck tires fly off, kill young dad on Hwy. 401 (12/13/2011)
• Loose truck wheel rips roof off car (11/03/2011) - Link No Longer Available

2000-2010 Incidents

• Garbage truck loses wheels, triggers multi-car crash (04/20/2010)
• Safety for Cents? (04/26/2009)
  
• Driver killed by Flying Truck Tire on I-95 (08/15/2008)
  
• Could a 65 Cent Piece of Plastic Have Saved Two Students' Lives? (NBC News) (02/27/2008) - Link No Longer Available
• Man Charged After Loose Truck Wheel Smashes Vans (01/04/2008)
  
• Bus company installs devices to detect loose lug nuts (11/18/07) - Link No Longer Available
  
• Tire came from Michigan Truck (11/13/07)
  
• Tires Killed 7 this Year (11/10/07)
  
• Semi loses wheels, killing Shelbyville cop on I-74 (10/12/07)
  
• 1 Dead in I-5 Accident Involving Loose Wheels (05/11/07)
  
• Fung Wah Trouble? Gee, You Don't Say!(January 2007)
  
• Bouncing tire kills woman on Ontario's QEW (9/15/06)
  
• Walter Forensics Engineering: Truck Tire/Wheel Separations (2006)
  
• $874,000 Awarded for Man Hit by Tire (2004)
• Flying truck wheels crush woman in Clarington. Truck was on route from Cobourg to Brampton. (11/21/2003)
  
• MTA Official Resigns Amid Safety Failures (6/28/2002)
  
• Probe Intensifies as Wheels Fall Off an 18th MTA Bus (6/13/2002)
  
• Inside the NO. 15 Bus: A Jolt, then Confusion (6/03/2002)
  
• 17th Bus Loses Wheels; MTA Chief on Leave (6/02/2002)
  
• White Removed from Investigation of MTA Bus Wheels (6/1/2002)
  
• Loose Wheels Trouble MTA Officials (5/27/2002)
  
• Runaway Bus Wheels Imperil Public (5/26/2002)
  
• Trucker in Fatal Wheel-Loss Crash Likely to be Charged (10/2000)
  
• Tire does wheelie down Hwy 401 (8/19/2000)
  
• Wheels: Make Sure Things Match (8/2000)
  
• Tighten 'Em Right (8/2000)
  
• Trucking Safety Regulators Need More Resources (6/16/2000)
  
• "Over tightening stretches the studs..." (3/2000)
  
• Section 392.7 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (3/2000)
  
• Blitz Snares Unsafe Trucks (2/1/2000)
  
• Large Truck Statistics(1/2000)
  
• Police Target Reckless Truckers (1/31/2000)
  
• What are Loose Lug Nuts Worth? Try $6.25 Million
  
• Canadians Research Wheel Loss Accidents

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