Chief of Staff at local hospital dies in I-43 accident

[molitor fan]

What a freak deal this was, with a tire flying off a semi, and flying across a guardrail. Also this gentleman was a huge Brewer fan according to the linked article.

 

 

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=684392

[SeriesFinale]

Sad...you hate to see anyone go down like that but from all accounts he seems like he was a great and talented man. Rest in peace Dr. Neni.

[jason21nl]

what a terrible and freak accident.

 

if i'm not mistaken, mythbusters did a show about this very thing.

[ryne100]

That sucks. It's terrible that someone dedicated to helping others passed like that.

[Teatoe993]

What a shame.

I was in a similar accident. I was trailering a $200,000 Ferrari in a big pickup from Ft. Lauderdale. Heading back to Wisconsin, I didn't even make it to Jacksonville when trouble hit. It was evening and my father was driving. We were conversing when I noticed something in the corner of my eye. It was a wheel & tire that had come off of a car in the oncoming lane. It was bouncing toward our truck. I yelled to my dad "Look out!!!", but it was too late to make an evasive manuvre in such a large rig. I ducked because it looked as if the wheel was coming straight for us. Luckily the wheel hit the front grille and worked underneath the truck and the trailer. It made some horible sounds and we pulled over immediately. We got out to chek out the truck and make sure the car was OK. Everything seemed alright. And I walked back and actually found the wheel that hit us. So we hit the road again. It really didn't hit me how close we came to dying that night.

Fast forward to Macon, Georgia. The transmission goes out on the truck from the damage revieved. We were stuck in a hotel in Macon for three days while the transmission got replaced. Nothing to eat but Waffle House.

[cweber39]

My ex-girlfriend was hit by a tire that came off a race car at Slinger. She broke her femur and had a lot of bumps, bruises, and road rash.