2 local men ID'd as victims killed after wheels fall off trailer, slam into van on I-75

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2 local men ID’d as victims killed after wheels fall off trailer, slam into van on I-75

2 killed when tire crashes through windshield of van on I-75 Authorities said two people were killed when a tire spun out of control and slammed through a van traveling on I-75 near Tipp City.

By WHIO Staff
June 12, 2023 at 4:21 pm EDT
MIAMI COUNTY — UPDATE @ 4:20 p.m.:

Two men, one from Brookville and another from Franklin were killed after two tires came off an axle of trailer and crashed into a van on I-75 in Miami County Monday morning.

The driver of the van, David Wright, 77, of Franklin and a passenger, Jon Weidel, 72, of Brookville, were identified as the men killed in the crash, state troopers said in a media release Monday afternoon.

The crash happened around 11 a.m. on I-75 two miles north of the Northwoods Boulevard exit in Miami County.

A preliminary investigation found a semitrailer traveling south had two tires from the axle of the trailer it was pulling dislodge from the trailer. Those tandem tires went through the median and into the northbound lanes of I-75.

The tires first sideswiped a Dodge minivan, driven by a Lyle Prewitt, 54, of Union City, Indiana. Then the tandem tires hit the Chevrolet van, driven by Wright, head-on sending the tires fully into the van.

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1. N.J. highway authorities have taken numerous trees from the I-78 median.

These trees would prevent things like this from happening.

Last year, a car spun out of control, crossed the 78 median and killed a cop on his way to work.

[marble falls]

2. The trucking industry is a disgrace. These are high milage vehicals who need a strict ...

... maintenance scheduling. This particular kind of event is so common.

[BComplex]

3. In North Carolina the republican legislature has allowed dump trucks to no longer use license plates

So if stuff comes off the dump truck and lands on your car, there's no way to identify the truck that is throwing shit all over the road.

[marble falls]

4. Feature: benefit. That is purely crazy and obviously the best law the industry could buy.

[Thunderbeast]

5. Not that uncommon

A co-worker of mine was killed when a loose trailer tire jumped a freeway median, went airborne, and crashed through his windscreen.

People ignore regular maintenance on trailer axle bearings.