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December 30, 2006
St. Petersburg Times, "Child killed when car's tire fails on Interstate 4"

         A tire failure turned fatal Friday after a driver lost control of her car on Interstate 4. The car spun out, then tumbled over, ejecting her 4-year-old son. More...

 
December 29, 2006
New Jersey Law Journal, "N.J. Judge OKs $14.5M Settlement in Class Action Over Bad Jeep Brakes"
          A New Jersey judge has approved a $14.5 million settlement in a national class action alleging defective brakes on Jeep Grand Cherokees. More...
 
December 27, 2006
Insurance Journal, "Chrysler Recalls Vehicles to Reprogram Brake System Computers"
          DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group said Friday it was recalling more than 60,000 vehicles to reprogram a brake system computer to avoid the loss of antilock brakes and traction control. More...
 
December 9, 2006
The Post and Courier, "Judge Refuses new trial in $31 million accident verdict"
          A judge refused to order a new trial after a jury awarded $31 million to the family of passenger injured in a Ford rollover accident. More...
 
December 6, 2006
Associated Press, "GM opens rollover test facility; automaker hopes to develop sensors for special air bags to help prevent ejections"
          General Motors Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a $10-million crash test facility that will help the automaker study rollover crashes. The Detroit-based company also said that by 2012 it would make rollover-enabled air bags a standard feature on all its retail vehicles. The air bags currently are used on 43% of GM's trucks. More...
 
December 6, 2006
The Napa Valley Register, "Napa Mom Dies on Trail"
          A Napa mother, Kelli Lynn Bruner, 37 lost her life early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Silverado Trail, south of Hagen Road. More...
 
December 5, 2006
ABC News, "Rollovers Account for 33 Percent of all Auto Realted Deaths"
          Rollovers account for 3 percent of all auto accidents but nearly 33 percent of all auto-related deaths. General Motors Corp. is trying to do something about that startling statistic. More...
 
November 4, 2006
Enterprise News, "Lawsuit Blames Ford Motor Co. for Death"
          A trial began Thursday in the case of a Beaumont family which is suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the design of their SUV was defective and led to the death of their son in a 2004 accident. More...
 
October 18, 2006
Arizona Daily Star, "Tire Treads Separate, Three die in SUV rollover crash"
          Three people were killed and three others were injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 10 near the Cochise-Pima county line Monday. All of the deceased and injured are from Tucson, said Officer Jim Oien, a Department of Public Safety spokesman. They are all brothers and cousins who work together. More...
 
October 15, 2006
The Bakersfield Californian, "Man Killed In Tread Separation Accident"
          A man killed in a crash on Interstate 5 near Valprado Road on Friday afternoon has been identified by the Kern County coroner's office. More...
 
September 30, 2006
          Federal investigators say the tire failure of the van that crashed Sept. 26, 2005, killing eight Utah State University students and their instructor, has parallels to two 15-passenger van accidents in 2001. More...

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