Runaway tires

By ERIN MOORE emoore@ktbs.com

Posted: Feb 9, 2010 12:49 PM
Updated: Feb 9, 2010 2:45 PM

Make that a 16-wheeler.

A tractor-trailer rig lost two of its tires as it rolled down U.S. 59 in Marshall, Texas on Tuesday -- sending the runaway tires crashing into a convenience store and another truck.

No one was seriously injured by the caroming "dualies" but the impact from several hundred pounds of tires bolted together knocked out a window at the store and damaged the fender of the other truck.

It happened around noon. Witnesses said the tires came off the truck and bounced across two opposing lanes of U.S. 59 -- missing vehicles on the street and at a gas pump before they crashed into the awning of Food Fast convenience store, ricocheted off and hit the 18-wheeler parked outside.

 One person inside the store had a minor cut to his face from flying glass. The man in the 18-wheeler wasn't hurt, Marshall police said.

 The other truck driver apparently didn't know he'd lost two tires. Police tracked the truck down in nearby Jefferson, Texas, and notified him.
 

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