Photo of Tyre Smashed Through Truck Windscreen Has SA Serving Up Savage Reactions: “Enemies Want You Down”

Photo of Tyre Smashed Through Truck Windscreen Has SA Serving Up Savage Reactions: “Enemies Want You Down”

  • South Africans had a field day with a shocking photo showing a tyre smashed through a windscreen online
  • The snap raised many questions as to how it happened, if the driver was injured and if someone was out to get that person
  • Most people were concerned about the odd event but also shared hilarious comments and stories similar to the pic

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Mzansi didn't hold back the savage comments and hilarious roasts when they saw an odd pic of a tyre smashed through a truck's windshield.

Some peeps told stories of tyres flying in the air.
Some peeps told stories of tyres flying in the air and missing other cars. Images: @VehicleTrackerz/ Twitter, Ivan Pantic/ Getty Images
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@VehicleTrackerz shared the snap and were also bewildered by it with a caption that wrote, "How on earth " and elicited similar comments from other South Africans. The Twitter post had some peeps convinced that someone had an enemy out to get them.

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Unpredictable streets

South African streets are filled with strange events and potentially lethal encounters. Just a look at the @VehicleTrackerz account shows that many peculiar and dangerous things occur on Mzansi's streets quite often.

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What makes this picture stranger than most of the posts on the account is that there isn't any clear explanation or context to the story.

This caused Mzansi to speculate on why it happened and to share hilarious responses. See the comments below:

@KeMariri said:

"He is wanted by the underground family... They have been asking for a party..."

@BourerTheFunk mentioned:

"I've seen such happening, a tyre somehow got loose from another car and flew right across the freeway luckily no car was hit, but the way it was bouncing was astonishing."

@Sondlo_Mthizo posted:

@Fruit_Days commented:

"Wheel still looks clean, can't be coming from a moving vehicle..."

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@SakkieSakkie2 said:

"I guess it came from oncoming traffic. One thing about a wheel, it will come out, run past the vehicle, hyper like a child that just ate 2 spoons of sugar. Always check your wheels."

@babybear990 shared:

@mo__builder mentioned:

"This one didn’t pray before leaving the house…‍♂️‍♂️‍♂️"

@MatabaneSenior said:

"You know, after 00:00, a tyre can be as lightweight as Hula Hoop..."

Tito Mboweni shares how it took 5 men to help change a single punctured tyre, leaves SA shaking their heads

In another story, Briefly News previously reported that former South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni had several netizens giving him the side eye after sharing his experience of a tyre puncture on a highway.

The retired politician posted photos on Twitter of the incident and disclosed that it took five grown men to help change his tyre on the roadside of the N1 South next to the Ranch.

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Siphesihle Luthango Siphesihle Luthango is an up-and-coming journalist and an experienced English teacher. He holds a Bachelors of Social Science majoring in Journalism and International Studies (Cum laude) from IIE MSA. He has a passion for telling human interest stories and joined the Briefly News team in August 2022. He enjoys watching documentaries and reading current affairs and philosophical books.

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