My first car was a ‘65 mustang, 4 on the floor. Jeez, how I loved that car! One day, someone who was angry with my neighbor (from whom I rented a garage space) sabotaged that car by taking all but one lug nut off the left front tire. And he loosened the last one. The accident I had bent an axel and my parents convinced me to sell it.
Wish I still had it.
Once years ago, I was behind a Mustang that lost its left front wheel. Somehow the wheel flew up into the air and came down about 10 feet to my left. The last I remember was the driver of the Mustang getting out with a “WTF” look on his face and the wheel bouncing down the road behind me.
Since then, I have had two occasions when a wheel started coming loose, both only days after having my car worked on, once by a dealership and the other by a tire shop. Since then, I always check after my car is worked on to make sure the lug nuts/bolts were properly tightened (yes, I use a torque wrench).