A motorcyclist was killed after a tire came loose from a trailer and struck him on Hwy. 1 near Revelstoke, BC over Canada Day weekend, police said. .BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) and Revelstoke RCMP were called to a collision on Sunday shortly after 2 p.m., where a trailer tire became loose and hit a motorcyclist..The Trans Canada Hwy. was closed for several hours, police said Tuesday, adding that the detached tire belonged to a westbound F350 pickup from Alberta which had been hauling a 16’ single axle utility trailer..The tire narrowly missed one motorcyclist as it bounced into oncoming traffic, before striking a 55-year-old man from Sooke and his Harley Davidson..A passing-by physician from Germany along with a nurse attempted to save the man’s life, but he succumbed to his injuries at the scene..A surviving passenger on the bike was injured and transported to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops..BCHP Revelstoke continues to investigate with help from the BC Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement program and the BC Coroners Service..Officers urge anyone with information on the fatal collision, or dashboard camera footage of pre-collision driving to call BCHP Revelstoke at 250-814-8173..BC had 37 reported motorcycle deaths in 2021, and the Coroners Service says fatal motorcycle injuries are most likely to occur in the province’s Interior Health region on Saturday or Sunday, with most deaths being men between the ages of 30 and 59 who reside in BC — all of which applies to the aforementioned fatal accident..Police have not released the man's name.
