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2007 CHEVROLET COBALT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

2 fatalcrash5 injured · 1001914 · 2013-08-14

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
COBALT
Year
2007
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths
2
Injured
5
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

EDITED PARTIAL NEWS ENTRY FROM THE DEADLY ACCIDENT: SOUTH IDAHO CRASH KILLS TWO, INCLUDING NAMPA WOMAN; IPT (IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE) NEWSROOM; GOODING COUNTY--A NAMPA WOMAN DIED AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT IN GOODING COUNTY FRIDAY (12-21-12), ACCORDING TO IDAHO STATE POLICE. A BURLEY MAN ALSO DIED IN THE TWO-VEHICLE CRASH, WHICH TOOK PLACE AROUND 6:45 P.M. ON INTERSTATE 84 ABOUT 35 MILES OUTSIDE MOUNTAIN HOME. THREE OTHERS FROM BURLEY WERE INJURED. YOUNG WOMAN, 22, OF NAMPA, WAS DRIVING WEST ON THE INTERSTATE IN A CHEVROLET COBALT. AUTHORITIES AREN'T SURE WHY SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE DROVE INTO THE MEDIAN AND OVERTURNED. HER VEHICLE CONTINUED INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES OF TRAVEL, COLLIDING WITH A NISSAN MAXIMA DRIVEN BY 23- YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN OF BURLEY. YOUNG MAN DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. YOUNG WOMAN WAS TRANSPORTED BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A BOISE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE LATER DIED. THREE PASSENGERS RELATED TO YOUNG MAN, ALL OF BURLEY...WERE TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A BOISE HOSPITAL. ALL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. [SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.IDAHOPRESS.COM/NEWS/S-IDAHO-CRASH-KILLS-TWO-INCLUDING-NAMPA-WOMAN/ART- - ICLE_7E5CE650-4C9A-11E2-8D7F-001A4BCF887A.HTML] BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND DRY, THE IDAHO STATE POLICE SPECULATED THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS PERHAPS SOMEHOW "INATTENTIVE" IN HER DRIVING. BUT THE FACT SHE WAS NOT ON HER CELL PHONE OR OTHERWISE ENGAGED WITH ANY OTHER KNOWN DISTRACTION AND THE FACT THAT HER WRIST WAS SNAPPED BACK RESULTING IN A SERIOUS C

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10535320
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