Loose tire kills driver on Southern California freeway
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A driver was killed Monday morning in a crash on the 60 Freeway in Pomona.
A tire from a truck came loose in traffic and smashed through the windshield of a white sedan in the eastbound lanes, fatally striking the driver, according to KABC. The incident occurred just before 2:30 a.m. near the South Garey Avenue offramp, according to logs from the California Highway Patrol.
Video from the scene showed firefighters working on the wreckage of a white sedan with the driver’s side windshield shattered and caved in with a big rig tire nearby.
1. The California Highway Patrol located a blue truck on the westbound 60 Freeway just west of Garey Avenue in Pomona. The truck had lost the rear driver’s-side tire, which flew off and struck another vehicle on the eastbound side of the freeway. 2. A brown Kia was located just east of Garey Avenue on the eastbound freeway. A second vehicle, a white car with a crashed windshield, was found with an unresponsive driver inside. (KNN.News)
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