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Video shows loose tire flying down Burnaby’s Highway 1 as cars swerve

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WATCH: Video uploaded to YouTube shows a frightening incident for B.C. drivers on Sunday. Just after 2:30 p.m. along Highway 1 in Burnaby a tire came off an eastbound pickup truck at high speed and hit a number of vehicles travelling westbound. Credit: 4 Cylinder/YouTube – Jun 7, 2022

Video posted online shows a frightening incident for drivers along Highway 1 in Burnaby on Sunday.

Just after 2:30 p.m., Burnaby RCMP said they were called after drivers reported a tire came off a pickup truck travelling eastbound and struck several vehicles travelling westbound near the Highway 1 Kensington exit.

The windshield and roof of one of those vehicles, a minivan, were partially caved in and one man inside was seriously hurt, police said.

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The interior dash of the van was also damaged from the force of the wheel’s impact.

The driver was taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

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The tire was found about 100 yards east of the collision site, police said, and the driver of the truck is cooperating with the investigation.

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