Reuters, "Connecticut urges probe into Jeep Grand Cherokee"

          Connecticut urged federal regulators on Tuesday to probe possible acceleration flaws in late-model Jeep Grand Cherokees after a 52-year-old man was run over and killed by one in a car wash.
          Connecticut authorities said they had received several reports of Jeep Grand Cherokees suddenly accelerating out of car washes while changing gears to drive from neutral.
          The Chrysler group should release information on any history of Grand Cherokees suddenly or unexpectedly accelerating, said state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and state Democratic Rep. Patricia Widlitz.
          "The rate and severity of these sudden acceleration incidents suggest a severe structural flaw -- certainly more than simple coincidence," Blumenthal said in a statement.
          "These incidents -- in one case killing a Connecticut man -- call for aggressive and vigorous action to prevent another needless, preventable tragedy," he said.
          Blumenthal was joined earlier on Tuesday at a news conference at a car wash in Milford, Connecticut, by Doug Newman, who owns a chain of car washes in the state.
          Newman said in a statement that he had seen the popular SUV suddenly accelerate at his car wash chain several times.
          "I have been operating multiple car wash locations for almost 20 years. Over that period of time and the few million or so cars washed, I have had only four sudden acceleration incidents and all four of these incidents involved Jeep Grand Cherokees," he said.