NHTSA complaint: 2012 FORD EDGE — POWER TRAIN
PULLED OVER IN EMERGENCY LANE ON HIGHWAY 3 MILES FROM HOME. STOPPED CAR AND PLACED GEAR SHIFT IN PARK POSITION AND SET FLASHERS. ON GETTING OUT OF CAR NOTED CAR WAS MOVING FORWARD. RECHECKED TO SEE IF GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY PASSENGER. DRIVER ON GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK IN WITH ATTEMPT TO GRAB SEAT BELT AS LEVERAGE TO GET BACK IN. VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK IN AND FELL OUT OF CAR RESULTING IN CAR BACK DRIVER SIDE TIRE ROLLING OVER VICTIM. RESULTED IN HOSPITALIZATION WITH RIGHT SIDE 8 BROKEN RIBS, T-1 FRACTURE, PUNCTURED LUNG ON RIGHT AND MULTIPLE BRUISES AND LACERATIONS ON LEGS AND BACK. RESULTED IN CHEST TUBE PLACEMENT, PLACEMENT OF NECK BRACE, HOSPITALIZATION FOR 10 DAYS, WOUND CARE TO CUT ON RIGHT ANKLE, INPATIENT REHAB FOR 5 DAYS WITH CONTINUED OUTPATIENT REHAB FOR MINIMUM OF 1 MONTH. F/U NEUROSURGERY APPOINTMENT 12/18/18 TO DETERMINE REMOVAL OF NECK BRACE. CONTINUING TO PROVIDE DAILY WOUND CARE TO ANKLE ABRASION THAT IS PREVENTING PAINLESS WALKING. BRUISES REMAIN ON LEGS WITH SWELLING OF LEFT CALF AND THIGH MUSCLES. HAVE POLICE REPORT THAT VERIFIES THAT GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. HAVE PICTURES OF BRUISES, CHEST TUBE PLACEMENT BUT UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation