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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ORVietVet" data-source="post: 21836" data-attributes="member: 9438"><p>I saw a gruesome catastrophe when I was a kid. My dad was an owner operator truck driver. We had stopped at a truck stop for fuel and food. Walked by the garage area while going inside. There was a KW Conventional with the left front up in the air, just enough for the tire to be off the ground. There was a guy, in shop coveralls, squatted down facing the side of the tire and he had an air hose on the tire and was obviously airing the tire up. My dad stopped and looked in at him and started to say something to the guy and just then, the split rim blew off the wheel and imbedded part way in the guys head and slammed in to his shins and broke the bones immediately. My dad covered my eyes and raced inside and told someone behind the counter what happened. All hell broke loose and people rushed to the guy but he was obviously very very dead. I was pretty shook up and was quiet but later on my dad explained what happened. Part of my job was to check the truck out before and after trips. It was a while before I could get close enough to check air pressure on those 10 tires. My dad had an International Cab Over at the time but then bought a White Western Star Conventional later on.</p></blockquote><p></p>