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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 4324667" data-attributes="member: 42957">In 1981, my wife was traveling north on 69 Highway in McAlester. As she crossed the bridge over the railroad tracks (before exiting on 270 East towards Krebs), the rear wheel on the driver side of our 1973 Volvo Station Wagon left the vehicle, jumped over the barrier and plummeted down next to the railroad tracks.She managed to get the vehicle safely off the highway on the right side of the road. Four of the lug nuts were missing and one of the studs had broken off. We had a flat tire repaired on the lost wheel that very morning. It looked like four of the lug nuts were hand tightened because the threads on the studs were intact. I’d been using the tire repair shop where the flat was repaired because the owner worked alone and was having a hard time. After this incident, I started using James Earl Tannihill’s JET Tire Service on N. Main St., McAlester. James is now deceased and I’m not sure who’s running the place. His brother Jerry, was one of the best front and mechanics I’ve ever known, and I’m 77 years old. Never a problem after this. believe the reason my wife didn’t wreck the car was because, after the rear wheel fell off, she pressed hard on the brakes thus keeping the front wheels on the pavement and enabling her to steer off the highway. She had the presence of mind to recall seeing the wheel pass her and jump over the solid railing on the left side of the split bridge. This allowed me and our boys to go find the wheel later that day. LOL….</blockquote>

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