In the Press

• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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, 7:26 am
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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
  
• 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
• Wheel comes loose, crosses interstate, causes accident (10/20/2014) Wyandotte Daily, Kansas
• 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)
• Pair of semi wheels fly loose, crash through SD house. (03/05/2014) By Ben Grove
• Man changing tire killed by loose truck wheel (02/07/2014)
  
• 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)
• 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)
• Woman killed by flying tire ‘had nowhere to go’. (April 26, 2013) AJC News. By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• 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.
• 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)
• 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)
  
• Man Charged After Loose Truck Wheel Smashes Vans (01/04/2008)
  
• Bus company installs devices to detect loose lug nuts (11/18/07)
  
• 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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