Split rims were used right up 'til 1979, especially on Chevy c-series medium-duty trucks. They are time bombs waiting to go off, and it doesn't take much mis-handling for a rim to separate. I worked in a truck salvage yard doing tires for 25 years, with hammer and bars. I recall the East Aurora incident and recall in the 80's Larry Minor from a tire shop in Fort Erie dying when a 16 inch chevy one-ton rim came apart, uncaged. It broke a customer's jaw too. The force from a tire exploding can remove all clothes, including laced on boots, and throw a human 100 feet. I can't imagine why a second grade child was near such an operation. Sad. Many farms have equipment as old as 1979, or older, and these vehicles likey have split rims. They should be deflated before un-bolting and removal, and replaced with one-piece rims right away. If this accident was caused by split rims, it's in-excusable. Regardless, all tires should be caged while filling and the tire man standing away from the sides, using long air hoses and chucks. I myself never want to die, or kill someone, over a piece of rubber.
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