SUV hits tire off pickup

I lost a left rear wheel at about 70 mph years ago on a two lane road. Fortunately there was no oncoming traffic at the time, and I was able to keep the car in my lane and get stopped fairly quickly. Did quite a number on my 1/4 panel and I never found the wheel, it went deep into the bush I guess. Turned out that the lug nuts were not tight, two studs were stripped and the other 3 were ok.