Loose tire crashes into windshield on California freeway, killing driver
A tire came off of a pickup truck on the 60 Freeway in Pomona and bounced into opposing lanes and crashed through the windshield of a driver from Moreno Valley, killing her, early Monday morning, Aug. 11.
The collision on the eastbound 60, west of Garey Avenue, was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 2:26 a.m.
A GMC Sierra pickup truck was traveling in the No. 3 lane of the westbound 60 when its left-rear tire came off, the CHP said, crossed over the center divider and plowed into the front of a Lexus ES 350.
A tire crashed into the windshield of a car, with the driver dying, on Monday, Aug. 11, on the 60 Freeway in Pomona. (Video still from Key News Network)
A tire crashed into the windshield of a car, with the driver dying, on Monday, Aug. 11, on the 60 Freeway in Pomona. (Video still from Key News Network)
A tire crashed into the windshield of a car, with the driver dying, on Monday, Aug. 11, on the 60 Freeway in Pomona. (Video still from Key News Network)
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A tire crashed into the windshield of a car, with the driver dying, on Monday, Aug. 11, on the 60 Freeway in Pomona. (Video still from Key News Network)
The Lexus lost control, veered right across lanes and collided with a guardrail.
The 57-year-old driver died at the scene. The medical examiner’s office had not yet publicly identified her.
The pickup’s driver, a 57-year-old Rosemead man, wasn’t injured.
Alcohol or drugs weren’t factors in the crash, the CHP said.
Authorities asked anyone with information about the crash to call the CHP at 626-517-8500.
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