A person is lifeless and three others are in hospital after a flying wheel crashed right into a coach bus on the QEW in St. Catharines Friday afternoon.
It occurred on the Toronto-bound lanes of the freeway on the descending aspect of the Backyard Metropolis Skyway bridge shortly after 3:30 p.m.
A minivan with a lacking entrance wheel is seen on the aspect of the QEW in St. Catharines following a collision on Friday, Might 24, 2024. (Chopper 24)
Ontario Provincial Police stated a van was travelling on the Toronto-bound lanes when certainly one of its wheels got here off.
The wheel, police stated, hit a pickup truck within the reverse lane earlier than smashing by way of the windshield of the Toronto-bound bus. Photos from Chopper24 present a tour bus with its windshield shattered and a minivan with a lacking entrance wheel.
A 48-year-old bus passenger from Toronto was pronounced lifeless on the scene, police stated. Three different passengers have been transported to native space hospitals with critical accidents.
It’s unclear what number of passengers have been on the bus throughout the incident.
All Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW at Glendale Avenue have been closed for hours as a result of collision. Police stated the freeway was anticipated to reopen by 11 p.m.
