Tire flips car on LA freeway

[DsineR]

Thats one evil tire - pops off SUV, flips adajcent car, then returns for a final bitchslap in the rear.
Driver walked away with minor injuries.
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[garycrist]

The ultimate is when the truck tire catches up and hits the car too! Too much
wheel offset and it broke the stub axle off.

 

[TonyR]

Too much wheel offset and it broke the stub axle off.

^^^ THIS!
Also is torment on wheel bearing life.....

 

[TonyR]

FWIW, a better video of this below, from another thread ==>> Truck loses wheel on freeway which launches adjacent SUV airborne
You can see the brake rotor on the wheel meaning the axle portion broke; had the reason been that the wheel lugs were left loose and came off, the rotor would not have been attached to the wheel.

Too much offset, causing stress on the axle and on the wheel bearings ....wheel bearing may have seized and snapped the axle, easily done in a blink of an eye at freeway speeds.

 

[dmcIPCAM]

FWIW, a better video of this below, from another thread ==>> Truck loses wheel on freeway which launches adjacent SUV airborne
You can see the brake rotor on the wheel meaning the axle portion broke; had the reason been that the wheel lugs were left loose and came off, the rotor would not have been attached to the wheel.

Too much offset, causing stress on the axle and on the wheel bearings ....wheel bearing may have seized and snapped the axle, easily done in a blink of an eye at freeway speeds.

Yep, spot on!