In response to a request from the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Hyundai has announced a voluntary recall of model year 2007 through 2009 Santa Fe sports utility vehicles. This recall, affecting nearly 20,000 vehicles manufactured between April 19, 2006 and July 7, 2008, has been announced because of a potential safety issue affecting the passenger side airbag.
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Chrysler has announced an expansion of a voluntary recall of Jeep Liberties first announced in March. The recall, made at the request of the United States National Traffic Highway Safety Administration due to a possible safety issue, has been expanded from its original scope of approximately 210,000 vehicles to encompass almost 347,000 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles. The Jeep Liberties affected by this recall may experience a safety risk caused by a rear suspension lower control arm that may become rusted and broken in areas where salt is poured on roads to melt ice and snow. If the lower control arm becomes detached from the rear suspension, the vehicle’s operator may become unable to control the vehicle, leading to an increased that the vehicle will become involved in an accident. This recall only applies to vehicles in regions where salting the road is necessary, including: Ohio, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Chrysler originally recalled more than 200,000 model year 2004 and model year 2005 Jeep Liberties due to this potential safety hazard, but recently, the recall has been expanded to include model year 2006 and model year 2007 Jeep Liberties. Vehicles affected by this recall were manufactured between July of 2003 and June of 2007. Since the recall was announced, Chrysler has received eight consumer reports of incidents related to this manufacturing flaw.
An accident with an officer of the law sent a vehicle into a nearby body of water and forced one individual to incur a neck injury.
The incident took place shortly after 8 o’clock in the morning in Imperial Valley. A Chrysler 300 was traveling down Heber Road at that time when it approached the intersection with Bowker Road, which is where the accident occurred. A Border Patrol agent in plain clothes and driving a Chevy Tahoe was going north along Bowker Road, and according to witnesses who related the facts to the California Highway Patrol, this agent did not stop completely at the intersection. As a result, the Tahoe allegedly crashed into the other vehicle.
Because of this collision, the Chrysler was thrust into the nearby Acacia Canal. An individual who saw the event transpire reportedly jumped into action. He dove into the canal and helped to extricate the woman from the submerged vehicle. He did this by pulling her out the window of the automobile.
The Border Patrol agent was not injured due to the crash. The driver of the other vehicle, though, was not as lucky. She sustained a fractured neck, and thus had to be transported to the El Centro Regional Medical Center after being rescued from the submerged wreck.
Authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident.
In an attempt to avoid an accident, one vehicle ended up being involved in one.
It all took place shortly after noon yesterday in Thousand Palms. A Suzuki sport utility vehicle was traveling west along Interstate 10. When the vehicle approached the area west of Washington Street, a Honda entered the freeway going in the same direction. According to the California Highway Patrol, that Honda then cut off the Suzuki SUV.
This reportedly prompted the Suzuki to swerve in an attempt to avoid a collision with the entering Honda. The Suzuki allegedly careened across numerous lanes of the freeway during its attempted dodge, and the force of the sudden movement caused the vehicle to flip over. It eventually came to a stop completely upside down about 20 feet away from the highway.
Although there were no injuries reported in conjunction with the incident, a baby in the backseat of the rolled over vehicle was transported to a local hospital. This was done just in case some sort of injury that wasn’t immediately recognizable had been incurred. The child was thankfully strapped into a car seat at the time of the accident.
Following the crash, the Honda that allegedly cut off the Suzuki pulled over to the side of the road as well.
A single-vehicle crash claimed the life of one individual and injured three others early yesterday.
The crash took place at around 5:30 in the morning Sunday in the city of Santa Ana. A Ford Bronco was traveling south along Highway 55 when the incident occurred. When the automobile reached the area north of Dyer Road, the vehicle may have undergone what was described by the California Highway Patrol as a separation of the tire tread. This reportedly caused the individual driving the vehicle to jerk the wheel hard to the right. The force of this sudden movement apparently forced the vehicle to flip a number of times before coming to a stop.
Four people were in the Bronco at the time of the crash. Three of those people appear to have been wearing seat belts, including the driver. They sustained serious injuries and had to be transported by emergency personnel to nearby UCI Medical Center.
One other individual, who was sitting just behind the driver, was reportedly not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. This person was thrust out of the vehicle when the crash occurred. She careened into the concrete divider wall between the two sides of the freeway. Authorities transported her to Western Medical Center Santa Ana, but she died as a result of her injuries.
A crash outside Oakdale yesterday sent two people to the hospital to receive treatment for the injuries they sustained.
The crash happened at some point in the afternoon Wednesday. A Jeep Cherokee was traveling down the eastbound side of Highway 108. When the sport utility vehicle was about a mile north of local Lancaster Road, one of its tires blew out, sending the vehicle out of control. A utility truck operated by the United States Forest Service was unfortunately in the vicinity at the time, and that vehicle got sideswiped by the Cherokee.
As a result of the collision, the Jeep Cherokee flipped over a number of times. Although nobody inside the utility truck was injured following the crash, the people inside the Cherokee were not so lucky. Both the driver and the passenger sustained injuries, the nature of which was not made immediately available. Each person had to be taken to the hospital, with the driver hitching a ride on a ground ambulance and the passenger transported to a Modesto facility via air ambulance.
The California Highway Patrol showed up at the scene to investigate the collision. Because of this, one of the lanes of Highway 108 had to be closed. It wasn’t opened until more than an hour had elapsed.
A single vehicle crash claimed yet another life along California roads yesterday.
The accident took place along Highway 137 six miles west of Tulare. A Ford Bronco sport utility vehicle was headed east along that road. When the vehicle came upon the area west of Road 60, it began to drift off of the highway for reasons that were not immediately ascertained by the California Highway Patrol. The driver reportedly attempted to correct course and brought the vehicle to the left and then back over to the right. It was at this point that the automobile spun around and tipped over.
The Bronco rolled a number of times, and in the process, the driver was thrust from the vehicle. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision. The SUV finally came to a stop upside down in the center of the road.
The driver of the vehicle sustained injuries that proved to be fatal and was pronounced dead on scene. The passenger, who was wearing a seat belt at the time of the rollover, suffered injuries that were being described as moderate. He was transported to nearby Tulare Regional Medical Center to get treatment for those injuries.
Officials were forced to close sections of the highway for around two hours to deal with the crash.
Yuba County was the site of a deadly rollover crash involving only a single vehicle.
The accident took place prior to 9:30 at night on Wednesday. A Jeep was traveling along Timbuctoo Road when it traveled onto a dirt shoulder beneath the area of the Parks Bar Bridge. One of the passengers of the vehicle was allegedly sitting on the ledge of the open back right window when this occurred. His body was therefore part of the way out the window.
He was still in this position when the vehicle took a sharp left turn to travel around a concrete support pillar holding up the bridge. Unfortunately, the Jeep couldn’t continue upright at that sharp of a turn, and the vehicle’s wheels lost contact with the ground. The Jeep fell to the right, its weight coming down on top of the passenger who was allegedly hanging out the window.
The injuries that the passenger sustained proved to be fatal. Neither the three other passengers in the vehicle nor the driver were injured as a result of the crash. When the accident took place, only the Jeep’s driver was utilizing a seat belt.
The California Highway Patrol provided the details of the incident. They are currently investigating the crash.
Fatal traffic collisions that resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians within a 48 hour period prompted police in Lexington, Kentucky, to launch a public safety awareness campaign designed to prevent further pedestrian related accidents. A man crossing Richmond Road at Fontaine recently was struck by both a sport utility vehicle and a minivan. Two days later, a man crossing Nicholasville Road near Zandale Drive was hit by a car. Both men, who were jaywalking across the street outside of a designated crosswalk area and wearing dark clothing at night at the time of the collision, were killed in the accidents. The drivers in both cases were not charged with any wrongdoing. According to representatives from the Lexington Police Department, the most important factors in avoiding a pedestrian related traffic collision are caution and alertness. By obeying traffic laws and remaining aware of the vehicles and pedestrians sharing the road, Lexington commuters can prevent accidents that lead to severe injuries or deaths, local law enforcement officials advise. Lexington police officers have begun a strict enforcement campaign focused on issuing citations for traffic regulations that most affect pedestrian safety such as laws governing right of way at crosswalks. Safety experts and law enforcement officials recommend pedestrians cross only at intersections, obey traffic signals and wear bright reflective clothing to maximize visibility. Proceed with caution when crossing the street, Lexington Police representatives add, and always look both ways.
Yesterday saw another multiple vehicle crash along California roads that ended in a fatality.
The incident took place at around 6:25 in the morning in the city of Chatsworth. According to witness reports, a Toyota Scion was headed north at around 65 miles per hour along De Soto Avenue. There was also a white car traveling in the same direction, and initial reports suggest the woman may have been following that car.
When the two vehicles came upon a Frito-Lay delivery truck, the white car went around it, but the Toyota was unable to execute such a maneuver. She instead crashed into the back of the delivery truck. This caused the driver of the Scion to lose control of the vehicle, which spun around until coming to a stop perpendicular to the southbound facing lanes of the street.
Unfortunately, a GMC Envoy collided with the sideways Scion. The drivers of each of those vehicles had to be transported to a local hospital to receive treatments for their injuries, but the Scion’s driver did not survive.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the offramp that leads from the eastbound 118 (Ronald Reagan) Freeway to De Soto Avenue had to be closed until around 11 am so that police officials could properly conduct their investigation without numerous vehicles entering the area near the scene of the crash.
