MOORE, Okla. ( KFOR ) – In less than a week, loose tires have caused two very serious crashes.
The first was along the Turner Turnpike in Stroud near Tulsa. That driver is still in the hospital. Five days later, another crash occurred on I-35 in Moore.
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This was the aftermath of a crash that Monday morning after a tire fell off a pick up truck.
“It began on I-35 southbound at about shields boulevard in Moore. Another vehicle ran over that tire causing that tire to go over the concrete barrier wall,” said Preston Cox, the PIO for Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
After that, the tire flew into oncoming traffic going north, hitting a couple cars, and going through a sprinter van before hitting two more cars.
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Fortunately, the driver of the van was only grazed.
“Caused a minor facial wound to the driver before going out the back of that sprinter van,” said Cox.