Loved ones are devastated after a woman was killed when a loose tire from another car struck her vehicle on the 60 Freeway in Pomona.

Ingrid Zapata, 57, of Moreno Valley, was headed to work as a school bus driver after dropping off her friends at Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 11.

As she drove on the 60 Freeway, a rear tire from a 1995 GMC pickup truck detached from the car on the westbound lanes. The runaway tire crossed the center divider and onto the eastbound lanes, where it smashed into Zapata’s windshield.

The sudden impact caused Zapata to lose control of her sedan as she veered across freeway lanes before crashing into a metal guardrail near the Garey Avenue off-ramp. She was pronounced dead at the scene. • Ingrid Zapata, 57, was killed after a loose truck tire stru

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