Reminds me of the time I was driving in the mountains on I-70 headed to work down a steep curving grade when a big dodge ram in front of me lost his whole driver front wheel assembly at about 70MPH from the far right hand lane. I watched as it flew ahead of him crossed the jersey barriers bounced thru the opposite lanes a couple of times and then into the river below I-70.
I then watched him come to a stop on the shoulder and his truck then stop and slump down onto the driver side grill. I pulled in behind him and walked to the front of his vehicle, I couldn't see him from the driver side window without getting down on my knees so I walked to the front where I saw an extremely pale white man with a white knuckle death grip on the steering wheel. I was in uniform and had to wave my arms and shout at him several times to get his attention.
I asked if he was ok and he nodded in affirmation but was speechless for at least the next 5 mins. I called dispatch and had them send a city unit out since we were just inside city limits to assist him until a tow truck could arrive to tow him. After the shock wore off I asked the guy what he thought had happened and he said he had just had some work done on the U-joints at Dodge and they must not have secured the assembly correctly.
When the city unit showed up I bolted for the county offices and had a great story to share with the other deputies on duty.
One of many interesting stories of I-70 freakishness