Man arrested after driving pickup truck with missing wheel down QEW on New Year’s Eve: OPP

A driver was pulled over by OPP on the QEW after reports of a truck driving with only three wheels and now faces impaired driving charges.

Ontario Provincial Police say a Hamilton man is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving a pickup truck on three wheels down the QEW near St. Catharines on New Year’s Eve.

According to police, officers at the Burlington OPP detachment received multiple calls about a pickup truck driving on three wheels on the Toronto-bound QEW near Welland Avenue at around 11:20 p.m. Callers reported seeing sparks flying from the vehicle, police said.

The truck was stopped in Grimsby and the driver of the vehicle, identified as a 47-year-old Hamilton man, was arrested for impaired driving, the OPP said in a social media post.

His breath sample registered at over two times the legal limit, police added, and further investigation revealed that his licence had been suspended since 2001.

He was charged with impaired operation, dangerous driving, and driving while suspended, police said.