One person is dead and traffic was backed up on both sides of Garden City Skyway in St. Catharines after a loose wheel from a pickup truck crashed into a vehicle on the QEW span Tuesday afternoon, September 23, 2025.
The highway was closed in the Fort Erie-bound lanes at Niagara Street in St. Catharines and in the Toronto-bound lanes at Glendale Avenue in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
In a video posted shortly before 3:30 p.m. on X (formerly Twitter), Ontario Provincial Police media officer Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a wheel fell off a Fort Erie-bound pickup truck approaching the skyway. The wheel bounced into the Toronto-bound lanes, colliding with a Toronto-bound vehicle with two occupants.
The wheel then bounced off that vehicle and ended up over the bridge barrier, he said.
The driver of the Jeep SUV, a 53-year-old man from the United States, David Thomas (pictured), formerly of Beattyville, died at the scene.
His passenger, a 52-year-old man, was taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, Schmidt said.
Schmidt said travel through the area would be slow going for hours as there are limited nearby options to cross the Welland Canal.
“There will be a lot of congestion and frustration in this area,” he said.
David Thomas is a graduate of Lee County High School. He is a husband and father of four children.
He is the son of the late Billy and Arvada Thomas of Beattyville.
Info Via NiagaraThisWeek.com
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