Ottawa police have charged a driver and his company after stopping a commercial truck/trailer combination that was missing 10 of its 12 wheels, with investigators warning the vehicle posed a serious danger to other road users.
Police stopped the vehicle on Lester Road in Ottawa on May 28, and called a Ministry of Transportation enforcement officer to conduct a full inspection of the trailer.
“The trailer should have had 12 wheels, but only had 2. Once safely directed off the road, the investigation revealed that the driver was taking the trailer to a scrap yard and had started the journey in Embrun,” Ottawa Police said in a post to X on May 29….