A female commuter was killed yesterday morning after a tire flew off a pick up truck and crashed into her vehicle.

Julieanna Shedawry, from Alpharetta, Georgia, was driving on Georgia 400 near Atlanta when tragedy struck.

Police say the large tire unexpectedly flew off the truck being driven by Jorge Herrara before smashing into Shedawry’s car.  

Julieanna Shedawry

Jorge Herrara

Jorge Herrara

Commuter Julieanna Shedawry (left) was killed yesterday morning after a tire flew off a pick up truck driven by Jorge Herrara (right) and crashed into her vehicle

Shedawry, from Alpharetta, Georgia, was driving north on Georgia 400 near Atlanta when tragedy struck

Shedawry, from Alpharetta, Georgia, was driving north on Georgia 400 near Atlanta when tragedy struck

Shedawry, from Alpharetta, Georgia, was driving north on Georgia 400 near Atlanta when tragedy struck

She leaves behind a husband and two daughters.

Police Sgt. Sam Worsham said the pickup truck was headed north in rush hour traffic at 8am when it lost the wheel and tire.

He says the tire bounded over a wall and landed on the windshield of the southbound car.

Shedawry, 49, the car’s only occupant, died on the scene in suburban Sandy Springs.

Police say the large tire unexpectedly flew off the truck being driven by Jorge Herrara before smashing into Shedawry's car

Police say the large tire unexpectedly flew off the truck being driven by Jorge Herrara before smashing into Shedawry's car

Police say the large tire unexpectedly flew off the truck being driven by Jorge Herrara before smashing into Shedawry’s car

Police Sgt. Sam Worsham said the pickup truck was headed north in rush hour traffic at 8am when it lost the wheel and tire

Police Sgt. Sam Worsham said the pickup truck was headed north in rush hour traffic at 8am when it lost the wheel and tire

Police Sgt. Sam Worsham said the pickup truck was headed north in rush hour traffic at 8am when it lost the wheel and tire

News photographs showed the car in the roadway with its windshield and roof partially crumpled in, traffic snarled behind it. 

Several lanes were blocked both ways at times before all lanes reopened before midday. 

‘I’m just feeling bad because of the family,’ truck driver Jorge Herrara told WSB-TV.

News photographs showed the car in the roadway with its windshield and roof partially crumpled in, traffic snarled behind it

News photographs showed the car in the roadway with its windshield and roof partially crumpled in, traffic snarled behind it

News photographs showed the car in the roadway with its windshield and roof partially crumpled in, traffic snarled behind it

Several lanes were blocked both ways at times before all lanes reopened before midday

Several lanes were blocked both ways at times before all lanes reopened before midday

Several lanes were blocked both ways at times before all lanes reopened before midday

‘I am sorry,’ Herrara said. ‘I’m just on my way to my job. I’m not using drugs, I’m not drunk. I’m not driving fast, just normal to try to get to my job.’

‘I drove this truck to North Carolina on Saturday,’ Herrara said. ‘I don’t have weight, I don’t have equipment, the truck is really empty and I don’t think this is all gonna cause this big problem.’

Police said it was a mechanical failure that caused the tire to come off that car and that they are not planning to bring charges against Herrara. 

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