Toyota Said to Be Responsible for the Burning Death of Raminder Singh
Lawsuit Alleges Design of Toyota Corolla Makes it a Firetrap with Defective Seatbelts
A Nov. 26 press release says that approximately five years ago, Raminder Singh and his son, Gurinder, were riding in the Singh's Toyota Corolla, when they were forced off the road by another vehicle. Both were wearing their seatbelts. When their vehicle came to a stop, Gurinder Singh was able to unlatch his seatbelt and get out of the car. However, bystanders were unable to get Raminder Singh's seatbelt to release, and he burned to death when the car erupted in flames.
The lawsuit, filed by Raminder Singh's family, alleges that Singh died because of Toyota's faulty seatbelt latch. It's also alleged that Toyota neither designed nor tested the Corolla for being a fire hazard in a driver side head-on collision.
Mohinder Mann is a family attorney with the Mann Law Firm in San Jose, Calif. He said that "by placing the battery and electrical components in proximity to the fuel line, the Toyota Corolla is designed to be a potentially explosive device upon a driver side head-on collision leaving you vulnerable to being trapped and burned to death. Singh was trapped by the seatbelt and burned to death in front of his son and bystanders. Imagine the horror of watching your child or loved one burned to death if you could not unlatch the seatbelt."
The lawsuit also alleges that Toyota failed to follow the standards used by most American car manufacturers when it designed the Corolla's seatbelt latch.
Attorney Lou Franecke of the Franecke Law Group in San Rafael, Calif., says that "Toyota is one of the few remaining manufacturers still using a rigid metal seatbelt latch in their Corolla that bends and makes it impossible to unlatch the seatbelt and escape the vehicle. Toyota never tested their seatbelt design to see if the latch would work properly in the real world."
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Toyota Said to Be Responsible for the Burning Death of Raminder Singh
Date: November 27, 2007Location:
Stockton, CA USA
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