Recent Newspaper Articles
These articles are only examples of the problem of defective tires. There are
many, many more accidents that are as tragic as these.
Firestone
examples
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3/6/2000
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Accident on I-75 kills FSU student, injures
4 The five sorority sisters were on a spring break trip when a
tire blew.
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A 19-year-old was killed and
four other female college students were injured, one seriously,
when their Chevrolet Suburban flipped and rolled over Sunday on
Interstate 75 at Linger Lodge Road.
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Sarasota Herald Tribune
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02/18/2000
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FORMER LADY MONARCH BENJAMIN DIES IN
ACCIDENT
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Former Old Dominion basketball
player Esther Benjamin, 25, died Wednesday of injuries sustained
in a one-car accident near Vienna, Ga. Benjamin, who played for
the Lady Monarchs from 1993-96, was the rear passenger in a
minivan traveling on I-75, reportedly going to see her brother
play basketball. According to the Georgia State Highway Patrol,
the right rear tire of the van blew, the driver hit the
guardrail and Benjamin was ejected out of the back window. Among
the five passengers, Benjamin was the only one killed. She was
not wearing a seatbelt. Benjamin was a native of Valdosta, Ga.
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The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star,
Norfolk, VA
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11/29/1999
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2 injured in turnpike crash still in
hospital 11 in van that blows tire, ties up traffic
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At least two of the 11 people
who were injured in a Sunday afternoon accident on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike in Penn Township remain in Lancaster
General Hospital today. All 11 were occupants of a westbound van
being driven by Roberto Uribe, 27, of North Tenth Street,
Reading, Bowmansville state police said.
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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06/22/1999
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CHP Blame Flat Tire For 6 Deaths in Crash
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Six members of a Bay Area
family returning from a funeral in Las Vegas died after their
van crashed Sunday, police said. The California Highway Patrol
identified the victims as Benjamin Kalagayan, 64, and Mele
Kalagayan, 63, both of Vallejo; NimfaAngeles, 51, of Benicia;
Amanias Locso, 86, of Vallejo; Teresita Palomar, 68, of South
San Francisco; and Mariza Locso, 43, of Vallejo. The CHP
believes a flat tire may have been why driver Benjamin Kalagayan
lost control of the family's 1998 Chevrolet Astro van while
traveling south on Interstate 15. Yesterday the CHP said only
Kalagayan and two other occupants were wearing seatbelts at the
time of the accident.
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The San Francisco Chronicle
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Auto accident claims life of
Memphis woman
The driver of the 1994 Ford Explorer, her
husband, Tony Adams, received minor injuries, Cal Adams explained, but Trina
Adams was pronounced dead on the scene.
The vehicle was traveling north when the tire
blew, causing it to overturn, he added.
An accountant, Trina Adams was a Pelahatchie
native but had been a resident of Memphis since 1992, according to her obituary.
ACCIDENT - Elfrida man dies, brother is injured
XAVIER
ZARAGOZA / The Daily Dispatch / November 26, 1999
An Elfrida man was killed in
an auto accident Wednesday afternoon when his car's left back tire blew,
ejecting him and his twin brother from the vehicle, according to the Department
of Public Safety.
Seth A. Warn, 18, who was a
passenger, died en route to the hospital.
He was air-evacuated to
Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox.
A DPS spokeswoman said he was
not wearing a seat belt.
His brother, Jared A. Warn,
18, the driver of the 1978 Ford two-door, was wearing a seat belt.
He was admitted to Tucson
Medical Center for head and chest injuries.
According to the DPS
spokeswoman, the pair were southbound on Highway 191, mile marker 35.5. when the
left rear tire blew.
The tread wrapped around the
axel, causing the vehicle to lose control.
They were on way home to
Elfrida for Thanksgiving.
Jared Warn is in fair
condition today at TMC, according to hospital spokesman Michael Letson.
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06/21/1998
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Woman killed in accident Van carrying 11
blows tire on I-95
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One person was killed and nine
other people were injured yesterday after a church van blew a
tire on Interstate 95, causing the driver to lose control of the
vehicle and the van to flip near Racetrack Road in St. Johns
County. Southbound traffic on Interstate 95 was backed up for
more than two hours after the 5 p.m. accident just south of the
Duval County line, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Traffic was backed up about 5 miles to the Greenland Road
overpass in Jacksonville.
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The Florida Times-Union
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July
14, 1998
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Van
Accident Victim Dies
DURHAM -- One of the victims hurt
in a weekend wreck on I-40 has died. Emir Romero was one of seven
people hurt when a van blew a tire and went spinning out of control.
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07/22/1998
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3 HURT IN I-75 TRUCK ACCIDENT
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A truck accident on Interstate
75 on Tuesday afternoon left three people seriously injured and
traffic snarled for hours. The accident occurred about 4:40 p.m.
near mile marker 31 in Warren County when the left rear tire on
a southbound truck blew, sending the vehicle out of control. The
truck flipped at least twice and came to rest on its top, Lt. R.
Scott Borden of the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Dayton Daily News
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04/05/1999
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Easter weekend accident leaves U. Florida
student in hospital
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(U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A
University of Florida sophomore remains in critical condition at
Shands after the 1989 Ford Bronco in which she was a passenger
blew a tire while she and three other UF students were on their
way home to spend Easter with their families.
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Independent Florida Alligator - University
Florida
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