$700 fine for Highway 1 crash caused by loose tire ‘an insult’, victim says
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A B.C. woman says she suffers pain and nightmares and is without a car after a dump truck lost two wheels on Highway 1 Thursday, yet the driver got only a 'slap on the wrist.'
A Rosedale, B.C., woman who was involved in a terrifying crash last week is speaking out about the fine handed down to the driver who caused the incident.
The crash happened at a high rate of speed on Highway 1 and Leanne Smith said she is lucky to be alive.
“One more split second it would have been a different outcome,” said Smith. “And if I had a passenger, it would have been a different outcome for that passenger.”
Smith was travelling westbound near Number 3 road in Abbotsford on Thursday when a dump truck going the other way lost two of its tires.
One of the tires careened across the highway and embedded itself in the hood of Smith’s SUV.
“All of a sudden, I glanced to my left because I saw something coming and it was a huge tire coming from the opposite side of the highway. I just yelled and hit the brakes,” said Smith.
“Then I heard a loud explosion which was the tire, I guess, hitting the front of the car on top of the hood and then the airbags exploding, and the car was filled with white powdery smoke.”
Incredibly Smith managed to get her vehicle to the side of the road.
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