CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman and child are lucky to be alive after a tire came off of a car and slammed into their vehicle’s windshield around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in Clearwater.
According to the Clearwater Police Department, a vehicle heading southbound on U.S. 19 lost a tire, which bounced over the median and went into a car in the northbound lanes, just north of Drew Street in what they are referring to as a “freak accident.”
Police said the front passenger side is where the car sustained most of the damage from the wheel.
A woman and her school-aged daughter were in the car that the tire flew into. The child was in the backseat.
In an updated release, police said the mother and daughter were evaluated for possible minor injuries.
