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2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 fatalcrash · 1021535 · 2013-11-13

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO
Year
2009
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
1
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON 6/23/13 MY FATHER WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN OVER A 4 LANE STREET. HE WAS HIT BY A 2008 NISSAN ROUGE GOING BETWEEN 37-40MPH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. MY FATHERS TRUCK WAS IN MOTION AT 4-6MPH. THE TRUCK SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, AND MY DAD PASSED AWAY HOURS LATER AT THE HOSPITAL DUE TO INTERNAL BLEEDING OF PELVIC AREA. THE TRUCKS DRIVE SHAFT WAS CUT IN A HALF. THE TRUCK HAS A 5 STAR SIDE CRASH SAFETY RATING, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A CAR THAT WAS NOT EVEN SPEEDING CRUMPLED THE TRUCK THAT BADLY. THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK WAS PUSHED SO FAR BACK THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL WERE ONE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10552102
Machine
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