A 53-year-old man has lost his life after a wheel came off a truck on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Tuesday, hitting two other vehicles and resulting in the death of one driver, according to police.
The incident took place around 11:45 a. m., when a wheel detached from 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 directions of the highway were closed for most of the afternoon while authorities conducted their investigation. OPP announced that by 6 p. m., the Fort Erie bound lanes had reopened and that the Toronto bound lanes were expected to be clear by around 6:30 p. m.
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Wheel flew over highway barrier
The male driver from one of the vehicles, who hailed from the United States, was declared dead at the scene. His passenger, a 52-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police reported on Twitter later in the day. After colliding with other cars, the wheel bounced over the highway barrier and “into the city of St. Catharines,” as stated by police. There were no reported injuries for the driver of the truck that lost its wheel, according to police. The pickup’s driver is a 33-year-old man from Niagara Falls, N. Y., who has been charged with “Detached part and operating an unsafe vehicle,” police informed later in the day.Source link
