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...questioned several hours after the accident. This young man reported hearing the squeal of brakes behind him as he drove west through the tunnel at a moderate pace. In his rearview mirror he saw a black Mercedes skidding toward him at high speed. He accelerated to avoid a rear-end collision and saw the Mercedes hit the central pillar, then spin into the opposite wall. According to this witness, whose car showed no accident damage, there was no other vehicle between him and the Mercedes...
Hailed by passersby while patrolling in the area, the first two police officers reached the scene within five minutes of the accident. In their official report, the officers described the scene thus: "Numerous people, mainly photographers, were shooting pictures of the right rear of the car, whose door was open." One of the officers "rushed up and attempted to push back the photographers, who offered resistance. They were virulent, pushy and continued to take photos, intentionally preventing him from bringing aid to the victims. One of them pushed [the officer] back and declared, 'You piss...
CHARLESTON, S.C.: The family of Sergio Jimenez II has won a whopping $262.5 million judgment against Chrysler over a 1985 accident in which their son was thrown clear and killed after the rear hatch in the family's Chrysler minivan opened on impact. But TIME's William McWhirter says that figure is likely to be drastically reduced on appeal. "The company has an eight lane interstate of appeals available," he says. "The boy was reportedly not wearing a seat belt or a child safety seat." Other factors includes questions about whether the boy's father caused the accident by running...
...Given all these questions, how did a jury decide to hand down the biggest auto liability decision in history? One reason could be that jurors were sending a message to a company that has seen at least 37 passengers killed in accidents where they were ejected from the rear liftgates of Chrysler minivans sold from 1984 through...
...student said the damage to her car was extensive. "There were three bullet holes and front and rear damage," she said...