A 53-year-old man lost his life after a wheel detached from a truck on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Tuesday, hitting two other vehicles and fatally injuring the driver of one, according to police.
The accident occurred around 11:45 a. m., when the wheel came off a pickup truck in the Fort Erie-bound lanes just east of Niagara Street in St. Catharines, Ont.
“The wheel travelled into the Toronto-bound lane, striking two vehicles,” said Ontario Provincial Police Const. Rob Tihor on X.
Both sides of the highway were shut down throughout the afternoon for an investigation. OPP reported that by around 6 p. m., the Fort Erie bound lanes had reopened, while the Toronto bound lanes were anticipated to reopen by 6:30 p. m.
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Wheel Bounced Over Highway Barrier
The male driver from one of the vehicles, who was visiting from the United States, was declared dead at the scene. His passenger, a 52-year-old man, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police tweeted later in the day. After colliding with other cars, the wheel bounced over the highway barrier and “into the city of St. Catharines,” police stated. There were no injuries reported for the driver of the truck that lost its wheel, according to authorities. The pickup truck driver is a 33-year-old man from Niagara Falls, N. Y., and has been charged with “Detached part and operating an unsafe vehicle,” police added later that day.Source link
