Passing Semi Sheds Trailer Tires that Shoot into Convenience Store Parking Lot in Wall

A truck tractor towing a semi-trailer lost a wheel and the wheel flew into the Allsups convenience store parking lot in Wall at noon today.

According to Tom Green County Sheriff’s Deputies, an eastbound 18-wheeler passing by shedding its wheels didn’t realize its wheels of its semi-trailer were gone until the truck was on the way to Eden and by then missing two of them.

Meanwhile, back at the convenience store, one wheel flew into the parking lot at near-highway speeds like a missile, missing pedestrians, the gas pumps, and smaller cars and trucks parked filling up. It found its target, a parked frac sand 18-wheeler and slammed into the cab, barely missing the diesel fuel tank.

The incident is under investigation.