Mississippi Student Killed by Flying Tires at Highway Rest Stop

Margaret Maurer was killed at a Mississippi highway rest stop when a wheel assembly detached from a tractor trailer and hit her on March 5, 2019. Facebook

A freak accident claimed the life of a Tulane University student at a highway rest stop in Mississippi when two tires came loose from a passing truck and struck her.

News outlets reported that officials with the New Orleans school have identified the student as 21-year-old Margaret Maurer, of Forest Lake, Minnesota.