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Vehicle Fires
San Antonio police officer killed in car accident
10/14/2005
Maria M. Moreno
Express-News Staff Writer
An officer who survived a violent shootout with armed robbers about two years ago died this morning in a fiery crash on Loop 410 and Culebra Road. John Wheeler, a 12-year veteran, was apparently looking out for speeders when a car traveling at least 90 mph rear-ended Wheeler’s patrol car, police said. Both cars caught on fire.
Police spokesman Sgt. Gabe Trevino said both drivers were trapped inside their cars.
Officer killed in wreck was shot in 2003
10/15/2005
Maria M. Moreno
Express-News Staff Writer
He miraculously survived two bullets from an AK-47 that left gaping holes in his neck and leg.
He endured weeks on a hospital bed and months of rehabilitation to regain the ability to drive, shower, walk.
Early Friday, about nine months after he’d finally recovered enough to return to patrolling the West Side, Officer John Wheeler died, trapped in his burning patrol car.
Troopers identify five killed in fiery wreck on I-95
Published on Wednesday, November 13, 2002
in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
PEMBROKE PARK – Troopers Wednesday morning identified the taxi driver and four Midwest tourists who were killed when their cab collided with a gasoline tanker truck and an 18-wheeler flatbed on Interstate 95 a day earlier.
The cab driver was identified as Jean Carlos Gernier, 36, of Miami. The passengers killed in his cab were Bryant Pendleton, 42; wife Angela Pendelton, 41; John Madison, 49; and wife Francis Madison, 48, all of St. Louis, Mo.
Ford offers Town Car limo owners safety kit
Vehicles share same gasoline tank design as fire-prone Crown Victoria police cruisers.
By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau
| WASHINGTON — In a move that could revive the debate over the Ford to provide fire kits for freeJennifer Dixon Detroit Free Press September 29, 2005
Ford Motor Co., acknowledging for the first time that Lincoln Town Car stretch limousines might be prone to catching fire in high-impact rear collisions, is offering to help retrofit the vehicles to better protect them.
In a letter this month to companies that convert Town Cars into limousines, Ford said it would provide, at no cost, a kit to protect the vehicle’s gas tank from being punctured when rear-ended.
Letter to William Clay Ford, Jr. from Ralph NaderSeptember 7, 2005 William Clay Ford, Jr. Dear Mr. Ford: As you are aware, an ongoing defect investigation of Ford Motor Company Letter to NHTSA Administrator Runge from Ralph NaderAugust 26, 2005 Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Dear Administrator Runge: Deputy’s Crown Victoria explosion raises questionsBy Dan Lauck / 11 News KHOU-TV A fiery crash could raise more safety questions about the controversial Crown Victoria police cruiser after a Fort Bend County deputy watched his vehicle go up in flames. It exploded after a high-speed rear-end collision this weekend on Highway 6 near Bissonnet. Pictures are reminiscent of past problems with the popular police cruiser. "You’d think with red lights flashing all over, the guy would have seen it," says Sid McArthur. Danger Under the HoodA little girl dies; attention turns to a faulty Ford part More than 500 fires reported in pickups, SUVs; probe centers on cruise-control switch.
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