Truck’s Loose Wheel Paralyzes Local Hockey Coach
March 16, 2008
Best Transfer, a trucking company based in Puslinch Township, south of Guelph, Ontario, has been charged with “wheel separation from a commercial motor vehicle” under the Highway Traffic Act after a tire from one of their trucks came loose and crashed into a vehicle, paralyzing 47-year-old Marshall Hogan, a long-time minor hockey coach and a former sportsman of the year in Smiths Falls.
On February 1st, two rear wheels came free from one of the company’s tractor-trailers, striking a pair of vehicles on Highway 15 north of Smiths Falls. While the first tire just bounced off some woman’s Ford Focus, causing her no injury, the second tire smashed Marshall Hogan’s Kia, paralyzing him in the process.
If convicted, Best Transfer could face a fine of up to $50,000. The driver of the truck, 40-year-old Michael Vanier of Carleton Place, has already been charged with operating an unsafe commercial vehicle and, if found guilty, could be fined between $400 and $20,000.
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