Originally Posted by
oldacura
I read the attached article and it doesn't sound like this was necessarily a wheel failure. Hitting a pothole at 47mph could pretzel most any wheel.
A cautionary tale for all of us!
No, the crash was not initiated by wheel failure, however I believe a stronger wheel would have survived and the coulpe may have fared better as a result. Perhaps only a tire blowout would have occurred, but maybe not a complete pretzel as in the OP photo.
Not sure if they just didn't see that hole - could have been in shadows from the trees, following a car, etc. It does look bunny-hopable. No idea.
This was all it took for them to bite it so badly....
