Dramatic moment huge out-of-control tyre slams into car on motorway & smashes windscreen destroying vehicle

THIS is the shocking moment a runaway tire smashes into an SUV traveling at speed down a busy motorway. Terrifying footage shows the large wheel leaping at the car before crushing the vehicles bonnet. The out-of-control tyre slammed directly into car Credit: ABC News The wheel bounces straight off the bonnet Credit: ABC News It was around midday on July 29 when a dashcam caught the wild scene. The dark grey Nissan was journeying westbound on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! It was cruising in the left lane when the tire slammed straight into it. While the driver slammed on the brakes the hurtling wheel bounced onto the hood crumpling it and shattering the windshield. The wheel approaches the car with great momentum Credit: ABC News Debris flies from the vehicle Credit: ABC News Debris was left strewn across the highway. The Tesla driver who caught the crazy incident said he heard the impact but did not realize what had happened until he reviewed the footage. At present source of the loose tire is not known but video shows it bounding from the opposite side of the motorway. It is unclear if anyone was injured. Most read in The Sun State police said they are currently investigating where the tire came from, NBC Philadelphia report. It comes as a driver died in a freak accident on an Arkansas motorway when a portable toilet tumbled into his car. Police said Ronald Langley, 56, was killed after the bizarre crash on Interstate 49 in Bentonville, Arkansas, at around 2pm on Friday, July 24. According to the Arkansas State Police, a 2007 International Harvester pickup truck was traveling southbound carrying two portable toilets when one of them reportedly fell into the highway’s middle lane. Langley was driving a 2021 Honda in the same lane when his vehicle allegedly struck the portable toilet. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital in Rogers, where he later died from his injuries. The Benton County Prosecutor’s Office is expected to review the circumstances surrounding the deadly incident. The investigation into the crash continues. Comment now