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A dump truck driver has been handed more than $700 in fines after one of his wheels detached and flew into the front of an oncoming SUV in B.C.’s Fraser Valley on Thursday.
The alarming incident unfolded shortly before 11 a.m. on Highway 1, between Abbotsford and Chilliwack, and left the SUV’s hood mangled.
B.C. Highway Patrol said the SUV driver – an elderly woman – did not appear to have serious injuries, but was taken to hospital as a precaution.
A second wheel from the same dump truck came loose, but did not cause serious damage to any other vehicles.
“This was completely preventable with a proper pre-trip inspection,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said in a news release. “B.C. Highway Patrol has a low tolerance for commercial vehicles that are not properly maintained.”
Along with officers from the province’s Commercial Vehicle and Safety Enforcement branch, the RCMP charged the dump …
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