Archive for: 2011

Salt Lake City Rollover Accident Kills One

A woman died after a rollover crash on I-80 Sunday. Local authorities say that a Chevrolet SUV was towing a Toyota Camry on I-15 near the I-80 West exit in Salt Lake City early in the morning when another vehicle cut off the SUV as the driver tried to get onto the I-80 exit.

The SUV swerved in order to miss the other car. This caused the Camry to over correct and driver to lose control of the vehicle. It then rolled off the right side of the road and land on its roof. Another vehicle then cut in front of them and the driver of this vehicle hit his brakes, lost control, the vehicle swerved off to the right and rolled as reported by the police.

A lady in her mid 30’s was ejected from the SUV and suffered fatal injuries to the head and neck. Officials say the lady was one of nine people in the car that was passing through Utah as they traveled to Washington State. The woman was not wearing a seatbelt but the other passengers in the vehicle were buckled. Four children were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Utah law allows other passengers to be in a car as long as all seatbelts are being used, so the family will not be issued a citation. The woman who cut the SUV off has not yet been charged.

Continental Tire Recalls 400K Tires

(NewsCore) – Continental Tire announced Friday that it was voluntarily recalling 390,657 light truck tires in the US over fears they might experience uneven wear, vibration or separation between the belt edges, which could cause a crash.

The Fort Mill, S.C.-based company said that separation of the tires’ belt edges could lead to tread belt separation, which increases the risk of a crash occurring.

Continental added that most of the affected tires were installed on Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks from model years 2008 and 2009.

Approximately 60,000 of the 390,657 tires were sold in tire-replacement markets, it said.

Owners of the affected vehicles will be contacted, and the tires will be replaced free of charge.

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One Dead in Hillsboro, Texas Ford Explorer Rollover

Posted: Feb 23, 2011 12:51 PM CST  – Updated: Feb 23, 2011 12:51 PM CST

An SUV driver died early Wednesday morning when his Ford Explorer struck the barrier and flipped.

It happened on Hwy 171 just four miles north of Hillsboro at around 2:30 a.m.

37-year-old Ramiro Olguin was not wearing seatbelt and was pronounced dead on the scene

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13-Year-Old Texas Girl Killed in Rollover on I-10 in Tuscon

TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – A 13-year-old girl from Texas was killed in a rollover crash that injured several members of her family Sunday in Tucson, officials said.

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety 13-year-old Nancy Alvarez was killed in the single-vehicle crash that injured five others.

Authorities said the teenager and family members were in a 2003 GMC sport utility vehicle returning to Canutillo, Texas after visiting relatives in Arizona when the SUV left the road and rolled at 11:11 a.m. Sunday while driving on Interstate 10 near Cortaro Road.

Police said driver Abigail Garay, 28, and passengers Ashley Alvarez, 11, Celeste Alvarez, 15, and Jocabed Alvarez, 36, all received minor injuries. Passenger Maria Arias, 78, was hospitalized with serious injuries.

An investigation continues to determine the cause of the crash.

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SUV Rollover in Summit, Colorado Sends 7 to Hospital

A sport utility vehicle carrying nine people rolled over on Interstate 70 at 10:52 on Sunday morning.

The vehicle crashed at milemarker 208, about three miles outside of Silverthorne, sending seven individuals to the hospital, two of which were ejected from the vehicle. The vehicle was heading west.

Steve Lipsher, spokesman for Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue, said it was unknown whether the other two passengers formally declined medical treatment or whether they didn’t need it.

Lipsher nor the Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman could say whether the individuals were in life-threatening or stable condition when they left for the hospital.

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Summit County, Colorado SUV Rollover Seriously Injures 7

 
By Summit Daily News

Posted: 02/21/2011 08:30:21 AM MST – Updated: 02/21/2011 08:33:39 AM MST
A sport utility vehicle carrying nine people rolled over on Interstate 70 at 10:52 on Sunday morning.

The vehicle crashed at milemarker 208, about three miles outside of Silverthorne, sending seven individuals to the hospital, two of which were ejected from the vehicle. The vehicle was heading west.

Steve Lipsher, spokesman for Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue, said it was unknown whether the other two passengers formally declined medical treatment or whether they didn’t need it.

Lipsher nor the Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman could say whether the individuals were in life-threatening or stable condition when they left for the hospital.

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I-10 SUV Rollover Kills Alabama Woman and Injures 2 Children

Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:19 PM     Updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:26 PM

ROSINTON, Alabama — A 45-year-old Spanish Fort woman was killed Saturday evening in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 10 in eastern Baldwin County, Alabama State Troopers said.

Two children, a 13-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, were injured, spokesman Trooper Greg Eubanks said.

The woman was identified as Angela Stephens. Eubanks said she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Olivia Stephens and Alex Stephens, also of Spanish Fort, were airlifted from the scene to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Pensacola, Eubanks said.

The accident took place about 5:30 p.m. east of the Wilcox Road exit in eastern Baldwin County, about 10 miles west of the Florida state line.

According to Eubanks, Stephens was westbound on I-10 in a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe when the SUV left the road and went into the median, where it overturned several times.

Eubanks said Stephens, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the SUV as it rolled, and the vehicle came to rest in the eastbound lanes.

The children were not thrown from the vehicle during the wreck, Eubanks said. A nursing spokesman at Sacred Heart said both children were released from the hospital Sunday.

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‘Black Ice’ on Shreveport Road Causes SUV Rollover Crash

SHREVEPORT, LA – Emergency officials in Shreveport say ‘black ice’ is what caused a rollover accident in Shreveport Thursday morning.

The accident happened at the intersection at St. Vincent Ave. and Camille St., around 7:30 a.m.

Shreveport Police say that a man and his 10-year-old son were traveling along St. Vincent when it appeared that hit a patch of black ice in the roadway.

The ice caused the SUV to slide, then rollover, hitting a utility pole.

The father and his son, police say, managed to walk away from the accident. Shreveport Firefighters took the young boy to an area hospital as a precaution. They both are expected to be okay.

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2 Killed, 4 Injured in Violent Florida SUV Rollover Crash

ST. MARY, FLORIDA — Two teenagers have died and four others were injured in a crash on Interstate 4 north of Orlando.

The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened near the exit for Lake Mary today at about 11:30 a.m., when a 2003 Ford SUV swerved toward the shoulder of the road and overturned at least once.

Seventeen-year-old Laura Grant and 19-year-old Edward Culberhouse were killed in the crash. Both were ejected from the vehicle.

Another teen, 18-year-old Elizabeth Harrison, was critically injured. Three other teenagers have minor injuries.

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Ford To Recall Nearly 281,000 F-150 Trucks

By Jonathan Welsh

 Ford is recalling certain model-year 2009 and 2010 F-150 pickup trucks to fix or replace their interior door-handle assemblies.

According to a defect notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall affects trucks with chrome interior door handles that were built from Jan. 18, 2008, through Nov. 30, 2009. The recall affects 280,946 vehicles.

The company says a part called the housing embossment that retains the door-handle spring can break during everyday use. If that happens there will not be enough spring force to return the door handle to its normal stowed position. Because of this condition, the door latch could open during a side-impact crash.

Owners will be told to take their vehicles to a Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer if any interior door handle is loose or fails to return to the stowed position after use. A second notification will instruct owners who haven’t noticed any problems to bring their vehicles in to have the handle’s checked and possibly replaced.

In a statement Ford said it is ”committed to safety and is quickly working to address this matter with our customers. We are not aware of an accidents related to the matter.”

*****It must be noted that this door latch may also fail in the event of a rollover accident involving Ford F-150 trucks, since the same or even great forces are in play in the case of a rollover accident in a truck or SUV. *****

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