MAN KILLED, GIRL INJURED IN FREAK HIGHWAY 99 ACCIDENT

A man has been killed and a nine-year-old girl was injured after a tire from another pickup broke loose and went through their windshield.

The CHP says 54-year-old Todd True was driving north on Highway 99 Friday night when the wheel detached at Lerdo Highway, flew over the center divider and struck the truck going south.

The victim was not wearing his seatbelt.

Kelli Forsch