OPP stress tire safety after deadly Hwy 401 crash [Video]

OPP are asking drivers to make sure their tires are fastened properly, after a fatal crash on Hwy 401 earlier this week.

On Wednesday, a 39-year-old woman from Toronto was killed after a wheel flew off a van travelling westbound, leaped over the highway barrier, and struck her SUV moving in the eastbound lane. OPP say the SUV then made contact with a transport truck.

Police have yet to determine how the tire came loose, but are urging drivers to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to them.

“Every year we do have incidents where wheels do become separated from vehicles,” OPP Highway Safety Division Sgt. Ted Dongelmans told CTV News.

Ontario Provincial Police investigators are seen at the location of a fatal crash on the 401 near Cambridge on Oct. 30, 2024. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News)

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