Not to hijack the thread, but this past summer, I was driving out a country highway and just as I was about to pass an oncoming F150 2WD, it's left front (d-side) wheel went AWOL and just about took me out. The truck was heading into a mild left curve and went off the road. The tire went about 1/2 mile down the road. I turned around (was in the Mule) and went back. People were fine, went an recovered the tire. Another guy showed up and with a combination of his floor jack and some treated lumber, we got it raised up and cleaned off. We, nothing was hurt!!! We put the wheel back on, then the used the Mule to pull her out. She went about 1 mile and parked at her sister's house and I took her and her two children to their home.
The point of the story - well, this truck had aluminum wheels as well. It had the uni-lug type, a true nightmare of anyone who has worked in a garage and/or sold tires. In this case, they had just purchased the truck and whomever owned it previoiusly put the standand acorn lug nuts on it, when it required the shouldered/washered styly long lug nut. Someone needs to tell her to make sure she has the right lugs, or this will happen again!
Glad she is ok and the truck doesn't look too awful bad, I am sure it can/will be fixed.