【加拿大都市网】周二下午,在QEW高速公路上,一个飞轮撞上一辆汽车,造成一名77岁男子死亡。
事故发生在密西沙加和奥克维尔交界的温斯顿·丘吉尔大道附近的东行车道上。
调查人员表示,当时一辆卡车正在拉一辆空船拖车,车轮从车上掉了下来。不久之后,卡车司机最终在Giimsby被找到。
调查人员表示,司机可能不知道轮胎脱落了。
安省省警克里·施密特在现场接受了CP24的采访,称这一事件是“悲剧”。
施密特说:“77岁男性驾驶白色奔驰时与另一方向掉下的车轮相撞死亡。”
施密特说,车轮撞到了死者所在的白色奔驰车,然后反弹并撞到了另外两辆车。
警方表示,一名老年乘客不知怎么就把车开到了安全停车的位置。
“那辆车里肯定是一片混乱,”施密特说。
77 year old from Oakville pronounced deceased after a wheel assembly came off of a boat trailer that was being towed for the first time on the #QEW. The trailer has been located, investigation ongoing by #BurlingtonOPP, all eb lanes of the QEW reopening now pic.twitter.com/0eKKiZQEK5
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) October 18, 2022
目前还没有其他人员受伤的报道。
据霍尔顿警方称,由于对该事件的调查正在进行中,位于福特大道的QEW东行车道现已关闭。从福特大道往东的匝道也被关闭,警方要求司机考虑其他路线,因为该地区有“严重的交通堵塞”。
ROAD/RAMP CLOSURE:
QEW eastbound is closed at Ford Drive due to an OPP investigation. Eastbound ramp to QEW from Ford Drive is closed. Pls use alternate routes or avoid the area as we expect significant traffic congestion as a result of the closure. pic.twitter.com/QaVba4V5ox
— Halton Police (@HaltonPolice) October 18, 2022
ref:https://www.cp24.com/news/flying-wheel-leaves-one-man-dead-on-qew-near-oakville-1.6114208
编译:YUAN
图片:CP24