Bike driver dies after trailer tire comes loose

A tire that came loose from a trailer on Highway 1 caused the death of a motorcycle driver near Revelstoke.

The incident happened on the afternoon of Sunday, July 3, 34 kilometres west of Revelstoke.

“The initial investigation determined that a westbound F-350 pickup truck from Alberta that was pulling a 16’ single axle utility trailer suddenly lost one of the trailer tires. The tire bounced into oncoming traffic narrowly missing an eastbound motorcycle, but struck the driver of a second Harley Davidson motorcycle,” said Inspector Chad Badry of the BC Highway Patrol in Nelson.

The 55-year-old male driver from Sooke B.C. died at the scene despite life saving efforts from a passerby doctor from Germany and a nurse. A passenger on the victim’s bike was taken to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops with undetermined injuries.