After tire falls off car in Southwest Michigan, driver struck and killed trying to retrieve it
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI A 56-year-old Dowagiac woman died after she tried to retrieve a tire that came off her vehicle, then was struck while crossing a state trunkline road.
Berrien County sheriff’s deputies said the crash happened about 7 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 on M-11 just north on Niles, near Pucker Street.
Veronica Gary was driving a vehicle north on M-51 when the driver’s side rear wheel became loose and rolled off the vehicle as she pulled over.
Gary called for help, then went to retrieve the errant tire from the ditch across the road.
Pedestrian on M51 killed retrieving her vehicle’s tire Photo courtesy Berrien County Sheriff\ s Office
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. A woman whose tire came off her vehicle was killed when she crossed M51 to retrieve the tire, according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 7 a.m. Thursday, first responders were called to M51 near Pucker Street for a vehicle crash.
When they arrived, they found 56-year-old Veronica Gary lying in the roadway.
She was transported to the hospital where she was later pronounced deceased.
The investigation revealed Gary’s rear tire had come loose while she was traveling north on M-51. As she pulled off the roadway, the tire came off the car and rolled across the roadway.
A woman is dead after she was hit by a vehicle in Niles Township Thursday morning. The Berrien County Sheriff's Department says it happened on M-51 near Pucker