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Runaway tire crashes through windshield killing Kentucky University student

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Lauren Collins Kentucky University student killed accident tyre crashes through windshield
Lauren Collins Kentucky University student killed in freak accident when truck tire crashes through windshield along I-75.
Lauren Collins Kentucky University student killed accident tyre crashes through windshield
Lauren Collins Kentucky University student killed in freak accident when truck tire crashes through windshield along I-75.

Lauren Collins Kentucky University student killed in freak accident when truck tire collides in windshield while driving along I-75. Pick up truck driver not located. 

An 18-year-old college student was killed in when a tire broke loose from a passing truck and crashed through her windshield on a Kentucky interstate early Sunday morning.

Lauren Collins was driving south down Interstate 75 near the Ohio border just after midnight when the tire detached from a truck on the northbound side of the highway, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The runaway tire bounced over the concrete median, before colliding with the windshield of Collins’ 2012 Buick LaCrosse and killing her in a freak accident

Pick up driver not identified or located

Emergency responders from the Walton Fire Department arrived at the scene and ‘extricated’ her from the wreck of her car, police said.

Collins was transported to the nearby University of Cincinnati Medical Center ‘with life-threatening injuries,’ where she later died.

Police said Collins was the only occupant of the car.

The truck and its driver have still not been identified or located, according to police.

They suspect it was a dual pickup truck with four tires along the rear axle.

It remained unclear if the driver was aware of the unfolding tragedy.

Lauren Collins University of Kentucky student killed in accident involving tire smashing through windshield along I-75.
Lauren Collins University of Kentucky student killed in accident involving tire smashing through windshield along I-75. Images via social media.

Free spirit

Collins, a University of Kentucky student, was from Independence, Kentucky.

She had just finished her first year as a fashion merchandising major after graduating from high school in May 2022, according to her obituary.

She was remembered as a ‘free spirit’ and a ‘jokester’ with impeccable style who loved to dance.

‘I am blessed to of [sic] known you Lauren Collins and most grateful to have our families come together,’ her cousin wrote on Facebook.

‘I will treasure our times together and mostly our private ones. Fly high you beautiful soul, heaven is definitely gaining a precious angel today.’ 

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