1 dead after tire smashes through tour bus on St. Catharines QEW

One person has died and several others are injured after a tire struck the windshield of a tour bus on the QEW in St. Catharines Friday afternoon.

Emergency crews responded shortly before 3:30 p.m. to the scene at the bottom of the Garden City Skyway Bridge.

Niagara EMS spokesperson Bryce Brunarski says the tire of a minivan flew into the windshield of the tour bus carrying 38 passengers.

He says one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The OPP says an unidentified 47-year-old man from Toronto who was a passenger on this coach bus was killed when a stray tire crashed through the windshield and struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 45-year-old man from New York state who was driving the minivan that lost its wheel has been served a part-three summons for driving an unsafe motor vehicle.

Paramedics transported three people to a local hospital, one with a serious eye injury and two others with minor injuries from glass.

The OPP’s highway safety division confirmed Friday night all lanes of the QEW Toronto bound at Glendale are open.

An Orange air ambulance was called to the scene but later called off.

This is a developing news story. More to come.

ROAD CLOSURE: All lanes #QEW Toronto bound at Glendale are closed due to a collision. Niagara officers from the #BurlingtonOPP are investigating. Updates to follow when available. ^nm

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) May 24, 2024