Ford Fuel Tank Cases
Multiple Confidential
Settlements, Including Eight Police Burn Death/Injury
Cases, Howell Sisters Burn Deaths
A Safety Matter: Family of Sisters Dies in Fiery Wreck
The Howell sisters, Megan Howell
(from left), Tara Howell Parker and Mysti Howell-Poplin,
died in 2003 when their rented limo was hit in
the rear and burned. Only later, Ford Motor Co.
did something that it could have done much sooner.
It began distributing a basic safety shield that reduces
the risk of fire when a Lincoln Town Car limousine is hit
from behind.
That shield might have saved the lives of three
sisters who burned to death on Sept. 10, 2003,
on their way home from a rock concert in Greensboro,
NC. A drunk driver plowed into the back of
the limo as it was stopped in traffic.
Ford had begun installing the plastic shields in its Crown Victoria police
cruisers the year before the sisters died. But until this September, the
company had maintained that the shields were not needed in its limos and
other mechanically-similar cars.
Ford's decision to reverse course comes as it prepares for a wrongful-death
lawsuit filed in Davie County by the women's families.
Couple Burned When Ford Limousine
Struck While In Motion
FLORIDA -- Diane Huseman was severely
burned and her husband, Roger, was injured when
the 2003 Lincoln Town Car limousine in which they
were passengers was struck from behind and erupted
in flames. Both vehicles were traveling west on
SR 93 in Florida when the incident occurred on
May 1, 2005, in Naples, FL. Diane was burned over
40% of her body and spent four months undergoing
hospital treatment.
Is Ford Protecting Those Who Serve & Protect?
Officer Jason Schechterle testifies
before Texas Legislature
Already,
at least 18 law enforcement officers have been
either killed or severely burned in the CVPI's
following highway speed, rear-end collisions.
Officer Jason Schechterle, severly injured on March
26, 2001, testifies before Texas Legislature April
14, 2003. As his case unfolds, a greater amount
of information about the Ford Crown Victoria Police
Interceptor is being revealed. More
of this story >
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