Police seeking information on deadly wheel separation

TORONTO, Ont. -- Police are asking for information after a tire believed to be from a tractor-trailer became detached and killed a motorist.

A woman died early this morning on the QEW after her vehicle was struck by the errant wheel. No truck remained at the scene, but according to local media, police claim the driver may not have noticed the wheel separation. Police are unsure if it was a spare tire or a tire that was mounted to the vehicle.

The truck was headed southbound (towards Niagara) early this morning. Police were notified at about 6:45 a.m., according to CP24. Anyone with info is asked to call police at 905-681-2511.

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Website Gives Fleets Information on Environmental Rules

By Timothy Cama, Staff Reporter

This story appears in the Nov. 7 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

A recently launched website, the Transportation Environmental Resource Center, aims to provide a wide range of information on environmental regulations for trucking companies.

TERC is “a new online compliance resource that provides information on environmental regulations affecting all transportation sectors,” the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, which maintains the site, said in a statement last month. It aims to host information for the aviation, rail and maritime industries, but it only focuses on trucking now.

American Trucking Associations assisted NCMS in developing the content and choosing the topics TERC covers, said Glen Kedzie, environmental counsel for ATA.

“We continue to meet with them monthly to keep on developing the site and expanding the site,” Kedzie told Transport Topics.

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