A wheel which came off a vehicle traveling southbound on I-65 and resulted in the fatality of a northbound motorist.
The preliminary investigation reveals that at approximately 12:50 pm on
January 16th, Peter D. Gaetano, 51, of Covert, Michigan was driving his
blue, 2016 GMC pickup truck southbound near the 2.8 mile marker when the
rear driver's side wheel came off his vehicle as he was traveling
in the third lane of I-65 just north of Eastern Boulevard. After breaking
loose from the vehicle, the wheel became airborne, crossing over the concrete
median wall and into the northbound lanes of I-65. The wheel collided
with a white Chevrolet pick-up truck driven by Olivia Kustes,18, of Rineyville,
Kentucky, causing fatal injuries. The pickup truck continued north into
the righthand emergency lane and appeared not to be stopping. A commercial
vehicle driver, Alvin P. Logan, 45, Chicago, Illinois, realized the vehicle
was not stopping and placed his semi-truck in front of the vehicle driven
by Kustes and slowly brought it to a stop on the right side of the interstate.
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