A 57-year-old mother from California died after a loose tire smashed into her car while on a highway. According to CBS News, Ingrid Zapata from Morena Valley was killed around 2:30 AM when a tire flew off a pickup truck and hit her car.

Loose Tire Smashes Into Car On Highway, Killing Mother Of Three

The mother of three and grandmother had just dropped off a friend at the airport and was on her way home on August 11. She was on the 60 Freeway in Pomona, per KTLA, when a rear tire from a 1995 GMC pickup truck snapped off.

The tire began bouncing down the westbound lanes, crossing the center divider and onto the eastbound lanes. This was when it smashed into Zapata’s windshield. She lost control of her sedan, eventually crashing into a metal guardrail near the Garey Avenue off-ramp.

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