Woman killed after wheel hits windshield on I-70 in Indianapolis

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Woman killed after wheel hits windshield on I-70 in Indianapolis

by: Joe Carroll
Posted: Sep 11, 2023 / 01:30 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 11, 2023 / 01:31 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) A woman was killed after a wheel came off another vehicle and hit her windshield while driving on I-70 in Indianapolis Monday morning.



Photo of vehicle that lost wheel on I-70 provided by Indiana State Police.

An investigation by Indiana State Police determined that a wheel on a Nissan pickup traveling in the eastbound lanes came off the truck and bounced over the median wall into the westbound lanes where it hit the windshield going in that direction. The vehicle ran off the road, went down into a ditch, through a fence, before it finally came to rest about 25 feet from a home in a residential area.

When emergency crews arrived they found an unresponsive woman inside. They attempted life-saving measures, however the woman was later pronounced dead at the scene.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene to recover the woman’s body. No other information was released.

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[Geechie]

1. Very sad! But the paragraph at the end caught my attention

“Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.”



Howz that supposed to work?
What are the penalties?

Just wondering..

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Fair use allows excerpts from copyrighted material

DU recommends no more than four paragraphs.

[Geechie]

6. I learned something today! Thanks!

[wcmagumba]

2. So so sad, when I was a kid..

we were traveling on a freeway in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and a semi truck passed us on the right. A spare or dual tire came off at freeway speeds. We watched and luckily it did not hit our vehicle or others but we saw it head across a field towards a housing development. Missed the end result, hopefully no injuries....Very scary...

[chicoescuela]

4. I've seen this happen too. I was about 200 yards from the bouncing wheel.

There was light traffic and no one was hit. Very strange event

[BComplex]

3. A friend of mine in Texas saw a hub cap come off a car on the freeway, and as it

rolled on an edge, it went right up on the hood of another car, up to the roof of the car, cutting a trench through the car the entire way, hood, window, roof. Just like someone had taken a saw to it.

[pansypoo53219]

7. +i was driving w/ my aunt on a late rush hour going home 1st car in line(72 delta 88)+ i saw a wheel

above the streetlight aiming for my aunt + i slowed down so i didn't get rear-ended. it hit my header + the hood + bounced into the grass, avoiding spome kids. nobody hurt + i was able to drive home, unlike a 90's car. that car was solid.