Check your lug nuts!

[DavidMcmillan]

My grandson and his girlfriend were on their way back to the city from OBU, and a wheel came off a vehicle in front of them and crashed into her car. This is near the Choctaw RD exit on I-40. All are safe, but very shook up. No details yet on the source of the wheel.

 

[Big House]

Several years back, there was a guy killed on the Will Rogers TP by a semi tire and wheel that had come off. The guy killed was changing a flat tire at night. The odds of that happening are so low.

 

[BobbyV]

Dang. Glad they're okay.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Check to make sure all of the lug nuts are installed after a visit to any shop that worked on your tires.
Ask me how I know…

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Tire came from the back of a truck on the opposite side of the interstate. Truck never stopped. The airbags in her Honda did not deploy, but my grandson's seatbelt broke from the sudden stop.

 

[Rez Exelon]

 

[Glocktogo]

Tire came from the back of a truck on the opposite side of the interstate. Truck never stopped. The airbags in her Honda did not deploy, but my grandson's seatbelt broke from the sudden stop.

Dang! That's a hard impact! As I always tell my wife "Tires are the enemy!"

 

[travisstorma]

The energy from tires flying down the road is not joke.

 

[Wojownik]

Every time I get new tires, I take the wheels off the vehicle and drop them off with the new tires to be mounted. Quit letting tire shops put my wheels back on years ago because I have yet to have anyone properly torque the lug nuts when reinstalling the wheels. They’re either seriously over torqued, or not tightened at all. Putting the wheels back on myself ensures it’s done properly and gives relief knowing it. I’ll also checking them every other oil change, I rotate them the other time.

 

[XYZ]

Daaaaaaaaaang! Glad everyone is okay.


I had an old ford pickup that the rear bearing failed on and the whole axle and wheel came off on the old cross town in OKC. Fortunately it was late at night and there wasn’t much traffic. Scared the crap out of me.