# 1989 CHEVROLET BERETTA — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `135815` · 1999-02-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 2
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** BERETTA
- **Year:** 1989
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- **Speed:** 90 mph
## Narrative
1987 BERETTA WAS GOING 90 MPH (A DRUNK DRIVER) WHO CRASHED INTO A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1989, IN WHICH THE 1987 BERETTA CRACKED IN HALF, EJECTING THE DRIVER WHO PASSED AWAY.  WHILE THE FIRST PART OF THE VEHICLE DROVE OFF,  THE SECOND PART OF THE BERETTA SLAMMED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF CONTINENTAL IN  WHICH THE PASSENGER'S FOOT GOT STUCK, AND THE FUEL TANK LEAKED AND EXPLODED,  CAUSING A FIRE. PASSENGERS DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF VEHICLE.  MOTHER OF DRIVER WANTS TO KNOWIF SOME SORT OF MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT, SUCH AS THE CAR SPLITTING IN HALF.  *AK *ML
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