TIMISKAMING - A Winnipeg driver and company are facing charges after the wheels came off a transport truck driver on Highway 11.
Around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 1), Timiskaming OPP says wheels separated from a southbound commercial motor vehicle (CMV) on Highway 11 in Harley Township north of Temiskaming Shores. After receiving a call from a nearby motorist, police located the truck in question and a set of wheels in the ditch.
A 36-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is charged with:
- Wheel separation - commercial motor vehicle
- Operate unsafe vehicle- commercial motor vehicle
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or drawn vehicle
- Insecure load - commercial motor vehicle
A Winnipeg company is charged with:
- Wheel separation - commercial motor vehicle
- Operate unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Fail to ensure daily inspection is conducted properly
Police say the driver and company will appear in provincial offences court in Temiskaming.
