Wayward wheel collides with car
A black Ford Focus was traveling west on Highway 20 near milepost 19 at around 11:40 a.m. on June 20 when the vehicle’s front driver’s side tire came off of the vehicle and began traveling down the highway. The tire struck a guardrail on the south side of the highway, then bounced off of the guardrail and into the eastbound lane of travel, where it was hit by a Toyota Rav 4.
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