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Ottawa police stopped a truck hauling a trailer that was not only missing most of its wheels, but say its remaining wheels were on the verge of falling off.
On Thursday at 6 a.m., police said it stopped a truck on Lester Road pulling a trailer that only had two wheels when it should have had 12.
Police added that all wheel fasteners on one wheel were loose, with one shorn off while driving. Police also found that the trailer had no operational brakes.
A Ministry of Transportation officer determined had the truck continued its journey, wheel separation would likely have occurred on the trailer, which could have resulted in injury or death to others on the road.
“In the case of this truck/trailer, it should not have been on the road at all,” police said in a social media post.
Police said all wheel fasteners on one wheel were loose, with one shorn off while driving. (Ottawa Police Service)
Police said the driver was taking the trailer to a scrap yard and had started the drive from Embrun, Ont.
The trailer was eventually towed from the scene on a flat deck trailer at the company’s expense.
The driver and the company have been charged with operating an unsafe commercial motor vehicle, not having a name on a commercial vehicle, and driving after 16 hours have elapsed in a work shift.