a car parked on the side of a vehicle: A car tire from a northbound vehicle went flying into a woman driving in the southbound lanes of Highway 400 north of Highway 89.

Loose tire crashes into car windshield on Highway 400 near Highway 89, all lanes closed

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a car parked on the side of a vehicle: A car tire from a northbound vehicle went flying into a woman driving in the southbound lanes of Highway 400 north of Highway 89.
© Sgt. Kerry Schmidt / Ontario Provincial Police A car tire from a northbound vehicle went flying into a woman driving in the southbound lanes of Highway 400 north of Highway 89.

The Ontario Provincial Police say a woman has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the wheel of another vehicle came crashing into her windshield on Highway 400 north of Highway 89 near Innisfil.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a vehicle was travelling northbound on Highway 400 when the front fire came flying off and bounced into the southbound lanes striking the windshield of another car injuring the driver.

The southbound and northbound lanes of Highway 400 are closed. OPP said the highway will remain closed for some time for the investigation.

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Ornge air ambulance landed on the highway and transported a woman suffering serious injuries to a trauma centre.

Ornge said this is at least the third response from their crews in the last month involving tires separating from vehicles.

Schmidt said there are several vehicles pulled over, including the white vehicle that lost its front tire.