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Car veers out of control, 7 vehicles in carpark damaged
Some of the damaged vehicles in the carpark in McNair Road yesterday. The driver of a black Toyota was said to have lost control and sparked the series of collisions.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
22-year-old woman suspected to be driver who lost control of car is arrested
A black seven-seater Toyota left a trail of destruction in a carpark in McNair Road yesterday morning after its driver lost control and sparked a series of collisions that damaged eight cars, including itself.
The Toyota was trying to exit the carpark when it lunged to its right and hit a Volvo, which crashed into an Opel parked behind it. Half of the Volvo's bumper was ripped off.
The Toyota then veered wildly to its left and hit three more cars, shearing off the licence plate of a Mazda and tearing off the bumper of a Kia and a Honda. The black Toyota also hit another Toyota, which crashed into a Mitsubishi beside it.
Police were called in at about 6.30am and arrested a 22-year-old woman suspected to be behind the wheel of the black Toyota. Police investigations are ongoing.
Chinese paper Shin Min Daily News reported that the woman was in the driver's seat and pleaded with one of the owners of the damaged cars to not report the matter.
But when The Straits Times (ST) spoke to her outside her home after she returned from the police station yesterday, the woman, who gave her name only as Ms Vila, said the driver was not her but a friend.
"I was not driving the car. It was my friend. He drove off after the accident happened," said the resident of McNair Road, near Serangoon Road. Ms Vila, who does not have a driving licence, said the car belongs to her friend, who also had his statement taken by the police.
Ms Vila said she was hanging out with a group of friends in the neighbourhood through the night. The accident occurred as they were about to drive out of the estate.
ST understands the group had been drinking alcohol before the accident. Shin Min ran a photo showing Ms Vila doing a breathalyser test in front of police officers.
When ST asked her if she had been drinking, she shook her head and did not say more.
Housewife Gowri Govind, 40, who lives nearby, said she was helping her son get ready for school when she heard a noise at about 6.30am and saw from her living room window that seven cars had been left damaged by the black Toyota.
"It was a very loud sound of metal crashing. I looked out and saw cars damaged on both sides. There was a black Toyota and two women and a man were standing outside it."
The Toyota left the scene after the accident, she said. The owners of the damaged cars and several residents started gathering at the carpark shortly afterwards.
One of them was Mr Colin Lim, 47. The front of his Mazda was dented, and missing its licence plate. But Mr Lim, who works in a petrochemical firm, said he was lucky. "The accident involved seven cars, and most were quite badly damaged. At least I can still drive my car. I'd be upset if I can't even drive it." He said he intends to fix just the licence plate as he plans to scrap the car. "Of course, if this was a brand new car, I'd feel the heartache," he said.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 18, 2015, with the headline 'Car veers out of control, 7 vehicles in carpark damaged'.
Apr 18, 2012 - Hopkinton, NH - Vehicle Speed Control
WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SPEED DROPPED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STOPPED RESPONDING. AFTER TOWING THE TRUCK HOME I READ THE SCAN CODES AND THERE WERE MANY THAT RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY SENSORS. IN ORDER TO DEBUG THE SYSTEM I CLEARED THE PROBLEM. WITH THE KEY ON AND THE ENGINE NOT RUNNING I TESTED THE DRIVE-BY-WIRE SYSTEM MANUALLY. IT RESPONDED CORRECTLY AND SHOWED NO PROBLEMS. NO MORE CODES WERE THROWN. I STARTED THE TRUCK AND PUT IT IN GEAR AND ENGINE WENT TO FULL THROTTLE IMMEDIATELY. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF QUICKLY AND RECHECKED THE DRIVE BY WIRE SERVO SYSTEM. IT STILL WORKED CORRECTLY WITH NO CODES THROWN. I AM AN ENGINEER AND HAVE WORKED A GREAT DEAL WITH SERVO SYSTEMS INCLUDING WRITING A BOOK ON THE HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT THESE SYSTEMS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGNERS DID NOT BUILD ANY REDUNDANCY INTO THE FEEDBACK AND CONTROL DEVICES. THIS DEVICE IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR RISK IN A FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS. IF I DID THAT TYPE OF WORK IN MY POSITION I WOULD BE FIRED AND HAVE AND UNENDING LIST OF LAWSUITS BROUGHT AGAINST ME. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF RELIABILITY HOWEVER I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT A COMPANY AS LARGE AS TOYOTA WOULD LEAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO CHANCE. THIS DEVICE CAN EASILY FAIL IN A WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE IT FAIL AT LOW THROTTLE AND NOT FULL THROTTLE AS IT DID WHEN I TESTED IT AT HOME. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY "COULDN'T HELP" ME. IT COST $1200 TO REPAIR. IT'S NOT THE MONEY, IT'S THE RISK THAT THIS FAILURE IMPOSES. THE TRUCK NOW BELONGS TO MY 16 YEAR-OLD SON AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SAFETY. I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE METHODS I USED TO TEST THE SYSTEM AND THE FAILURE HAPPENING RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY!...UPDATED 05/15/12 * BF
Toyota Tacoma In Fatal Charles River Crash Not Part Of Acceleration Recall
November 9, 2015
Two people died after the pickup truck they were traveling in drove into the Charles River on Saturday night. (WBZ-TV)
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts State Police say the Toyota pickup truck that plunged into the Charles River Saturday evening was not part of a recall for unintended acceleration problems.
Two people in a 2010 Toyota Tacoma died after the truck ran a red light at Leverett Circle, side-swiped a car and then drove off the Craigie Bridge and into the water across from the State Police barracks.
Brian Arcand, 36, of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, and Rebecca Smith, 36, of Providence, were pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital after being pulled from the water by rescuers.
A pickup truck went into the Charles River on Saturday night. (WBZ-TV)
State Police said they’re looking at speed as a factor in the crash.
“As part of every investigation into crashes with fatal or life-threatening injuries, the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section reviews vehicle recall databases and compares that data to the make, model, year, and vehicle identification numbers of vehicles involved in the crashes,” State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said in a statement Monday.
“State Police have determined that the victims’ 2010 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was NOT part of any Toyota recall for unintended acceleration problems.”
The scene of a fatal Saturday-night traffic accident near Leverett Circle.
By Jan Ransom GLOBE STAFF
State Police are investigating whether speed was a factor in a car crash that left two people dead after their vehicle tore through a 100-year-old iron fence and plunged into the Charles River near Leverett Circle early Saturday night.
A metal barricade was erected to replace the missing section of guardrail and a more secure steel chain link fence was expected to be installed Sunday night, an official said.
The victims, identified as Brian Arcand, 36, of North Smithfield, R.I., and Rebecca Smith, 36, of Providence, were traveling in a 2010 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck on Nashua Street at about 6:40 p.m. when the truck accelerated from Leverett Circle onto Monsignor O’Brien Highway (Route 28), sideswiped an Acura, lost control, went airborne, and crashed into the river, said State Police spokesman David Procopio.
“We are investigating speed as a factor,” Procopio said in an e-mail Sunday. He declined to elaborate. “The ongoing collision reconstruction, in conjunction with witness statements, will help us determine the speed.”
The pickup truck Arcand and Smith were traveling in was one of several models that had been recalled by Toyota in 2009 due to unintended acceleration.
Procopio said that part of the State Police investigation will include an examination of the vehicle’s mechanical systems.
State Police are also looking into whether the fence should have withstood the impact of the vehicle said Troy Wall, a spokesman for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, the agency that maintains the fence. A section of the guardrail fell into the dark river along with the truck.
Wall said the craggie-pattern iron fencing was approximately 100 years old and a visual inspection of the fence occurs several times a year.
Arcand’s family was mourning the loss of a man they described as a good father, and a person who always made people smile, and laugh.
A relative, who identified himself only as John, a cousin through marriage, said Arcand was celebrating his birthday and he and his girlfriend, Smith, were heading to a comedy show in Boston, one of his favorite things to do.
“He was always the light in the room . . . bright eyes and an infectious smile,” John said Sunday night.
“You could always find Brian on the floor being tackled by the children at family events. I, his family, and friends will miss him greatly.”
The driver of the Acura, identified as a 35-year-old woman from Milton, and her passenger, a 36-year-old woman from New York, were not injured in the accident, Sergeant Thomas Ryan, a State Police spokesman, said Saturday.
First responders from the State Police, Boston, and Cambridge fire departments, and emergency services came to the scene, said Steve MacDonald, spokesman for the Boston Fire Department.
A state trooper arrived within about a minute of the crash and the State Police marine unit arrived at 6:45 p.m., Procopio said.
The pickup, which was submerged in water, had landed on its passenger side. The wheels were visible when searchlights were shined on it, MacDonald said.
The victims were taken to the hospital with unspecified life-threatening injuries and later pronounced dead at the hospital, MacDonald said.
Firefighters broke the driver’s side window and pulled the victims out.
Emir Cerman of Brookline said he was visiting friends in the area Saturday night when he saw the streets were closed off.
“There were a lot of cops,” said Cerman gesturing toward the street and the river. “I came back an hour later and I saw the truck, wet.”
Information about accidents in the area was not immediately available Sunday.
But MacDonald said Saturday’s accident was the first he could remember in which a vehicle ripped through a guardrail and plunged into the Charles River.
“I can’t remember a vehicle going through the guardrail like that,” MacDonald said, adding that accidents are not uncommon in the Leverett Circle area.
“There’s always accidents at Leverett Circle . . . it’s one of the major intersections of the city,” he said, noting that people are often rushing to get to the expressway and the airport. “It’s a heavily traveled area.”
BOSTON (CBS) — Massachusetts State Police have released the identities of two Rhode Island residents who were killed when their pickup truck drove into the Charles River near Leverett Circle Saturday night.
Brian Arcand, 36, of North Smithfield, and Rebecca Smith, 36, of Providence, were pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital after being pulled from the water by rescuers.
Police say the 2010 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck they were in traveled through a red light at Leverett Circle and side-swiped a 2008 Acura MDX in the circle at about 6:40 p.m.
The pickup truck then drove off Charles River Dam Road and into the water across from the State Police barracks, becoming fully submerged.
Divers work in the Charles River on Saturday night. (WBZ-TV)
Witnesses couldn’t believe what they were seeing when the truck went in.
“All I heard was a horn going off,” said witness Chris Monzert. “I heard the impact, looked over (and) I saw that piece of (the) bridge over there just crumpled. (It was) one piece solid into water, and then the tail lights as the truck went over.”
The driver and passenger in the Acura were not hurt.
Authorities have searched the Charles River and do not believe anyone else was in the pickup truck when it crashed.
State Police say that speed is being looked at as a factor in the crash. The crash is still under investigation by police.
Salem, N.H. man medflighted following early morning crash
By Aimee Ortiz GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
A 23-year-old Salem, N.H., man was medflighted to Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday morning with life-threatening injuries following a car accident in Salem, N.H.
According to a statement released by the Salem police department on their Facebook page, Officer Kristen Verdonck radioed Salem police dispatch at about 2:56 a.m. after she had been passed by a 1997 Lexus traveling over 90 miles per hour on Main St., near the intersection of Hampstead Rd.
Verdonck, who was not in a position to stop the vehicle, activated her emergency lights, but quickly lost sight of the speeding car. Moments later, the statement says, she came upon a serious accident in front of 317 Main St. According to police, the Lexus that had passed her earlier had gone off the road, striking several trees before coming to a stop. The driver of the car, the 23-year-old man, was found lying face down at the base of a tree, having been ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
The Salem fire department initially transported the driver to Lawrence General Hospital,
2 dead after car crashes into Charles River in Boston
PUBLISHED SUN, NOVEMBER 08, 2015
Two people have been killed in Boston after a their pickup truck sideswiped an SUV and crashed into the Charles River, police say.
The accident happened at about 6:40 a.m. on Saturday when a 2010 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was traveling on Nashua Street in Boston. Police say the vehicle traveled through a red light at Leverett Circle and side-swiped a 2008 Acura MDX, which was already traveling northbound in the circle. The pickup then traveled off Charles River Dam Road and entered the water on the east side of the northbound travel lanes.
The vehicle fully submerged and both occupants, identified as 36-year-old Brian Arcand, of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, and 36-year-old Rebecca Smith, of Providence, Rhode Island, were both pronounced dead after being extricated from the vehicle and rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital. The driver of the SUV, a 35-year-old woman from Milton and her passenger from New York, were both uninjured.
Other information was not immediately available, and an investigation into the deadly accident is continuing, state police said.
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On Nov. 4, a class action lawsuit was filed against Toyota over alleged defects in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of its popular Camry model cars that potentially cause mold and foul odors.
Lead plaintiffs Alfred Salas and Gloria Ortega claim that Toyota has known about the defect in its HVAC system since 1997, but has not fixed the problem or notified consumers of the defect.
“Toyota knew about the HVAC Defect present in every [Toyota Camry], along with the attendant risks to health and safety, and concealed them from Plaintiffs and Class Members, at the time of sale, lease, and repair and thereafter,” the Toyota class action lawsuit alleges.
The Toyota Camry HVAC defect class action lawsuit seeks damages of more than $5 million for all purchasers of Toyota Camry models 2011 through the present. The class action lawsuit also asks Toyota to notify Camry owners of the HVAC defect, repair existing defects, and stop selling Camry vehicles that contain the defect.
Salas and Ortega claim that the defect in the Toyota Camry HVAC system is the evaporator. “As the cold refrigerant passes into the evaporator, it absorbs heat from the air in the passenger compartment and also collects moisture because of condensation on the evaporator’s surface,” they allege in the Toyota HVAC defect class action lawsuit. “This moisture, along with pollen, dead insects in the air, and bits of leaves that enter the HVAC system from the outside vents, leads to an environment favorable to the growth of mold and other contaminants.”
The Toyota Camry HVAC defect class action lawsuit details several examples that Toyota knew the defect existed. In 1997, Toyota reportedly issued a bulletin to dealerships warning them that a “musty smell” may develop from “[m]icrobial growth in the evaporator.”
In addition, the Toyota class action lawsuit cites a 2005 Camry repair manual that listed the “A/C system odors” as “a common complaint” and that there was “no permanent mechanical repair” for the problem. The class action lawsuit also cites numerous examples of consumer complaints about the odor from the HVAC system of Toyota Camry cars.
Salas and Ortega claim that they each purchased a Toyota Camry that developed a bad odor. The Toyota class action lawsuit states that both plaintiffs have taken their vehicles to Toyota dealerships in California, but they could not repair the issue and the “noxious, foul, and moldy odors” that persist in both vehicles.
The HVAC defect cannot be fixed by Toyota technicians, and therefore the defect “may require expensive and temporary repairs which do not address the issue, including repeated replacement of air filters or other related components, as well as repeated foam flushes or other related repairs,” the Toyota Camry HVAC defect class action lawsuit alleges.
Mold from the Toyota Camry HVAC defect can cause serious health concerns, according to the class action lawsuit. Citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the class action lawsuit states that “molds can cause symptoms such as nasal stuffiness, eye irritation, wheezing, or skin irritation” or worse reactions for people with allergies. Similarly, the class action lawsuit cites the World Health Organization, which has stated that exposure to mold can be “clinically associated with respiratory symptoms, allergies, asthma, and immunological reactions.”
Salas and Ortega are represented by Jordan L. Lurie, Robert Friedl, Tarek H. Zohdy, and Cody R. Padgett of Capstone Law APC.
The Toyota Camry HVAC Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Alfred Salas, et al., v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc., et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-08629, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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