The deaths of two 18-year-olds on I-75 just two weeks apart are both tire-related. The latest was last Wednesday. According to the Fayette County Coroner’s office, a Mount Sterling man was killed in a construction zone near the Clays Ferry Bridge when a tire flew off a passing vehicle. Lori Weaver Hawkins, the public affairs manager for Triple-A Bluegrass, said tire maintenance is often overlooked and some checks are easy.
“Take a Washington quarter, turn it upside down, stick it into one of the grooves on your tire with the with headfirst. And if you can see the top of George's head on that quarter, then your tires are too worn.”
