Hurtling semi tire misses driver on Utah interstate by inches, firefighters say

A pickup truck driver narrowly escaped injury or death when a flying semi tire crashed through their windshield on a Utah highway, firefighters said.

“Another few inches would’ve been a different story,” Park City firefighters wrote Sunday, Nov. 28, in a Facebook post with photos of the shattered windshield.

The driver ducked away from the flying tire just at the right time, firefighters wrote.

The tire had come off a semi truck traveling west on Interstate 80 and flew into the eastbound lanes, the Facebook post said.

“That’s a miracle,” read one comment on the post.

“Oh my gosh this could have been tragic,” read another.

Park City is about 30 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah.

This story was originally published November 29, 2021 at 11:20 AM with the headline "Hurtling semi tire misses driver on Utah interstate by inches, firefighters say."