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Santa Ana Girl Killed in Vehicle Rollover
August 14, 2007
It was supposed to be an end of summer trip to meet relatives in Durango, Mexico. But the Munoz family from Santa Ana, California, got just as far as New Mexico before their 2003 Ford Expedition rolled over several times. 9-year-old Cynthia was thrown out of the back seat and died instantly. Seven other members of her family sustained injuries; at least one of them is in a serious condition.
The accident happened at about 8 am on Interstate 10. Initial reports have the driver saying the car began to "shake violently" before he lost control of it.
One in every four new vehicles sold in this country is an SUV. They are not just the most popular vehicles in America, they are also hugely profitable to the companies that churn them out. Some companies in fact make as much as $15,000 from each car that's sold. This popularity of the SUV is notwithstanding its single greatest danger: its tendency to rollover.
It's plain to see that rollovers are a greater risk in SUV s than in ordinary passenger cars. Because of their higher center of gravity, the risk can be as high as 30 per cent compared to 16 percent for passenger cars. And yet, close to 444,000 of these vehicles were sold in California in 2002. This state obviously loves its SUVs.
The debate about the safety of SUVs seems to go on indefinitely, with SUV manufacturers especially Ford insisting that their vehicles are safe. And yet in 2002, out of all the SUV related fatalities that were reported, a whopping 62 percent involved rollovers!
An accident case involving a vehicle rollover needs adept handling by personal injury attorneys who have experience representing rollover victims and their families. Call the personal injury lawyers at The Reeves Law Group for advice on how to proceed with your case.
