# 1989 CHEVROLET BLAZER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `261255` · 2000-12-09 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** BLAZER
- **Year:** 1989
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
## Narrative
ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER 2000, MY S10 BLAZERS THROTLE PLATE STUCK, WIDE OPEN WHILE I WAS REARANGING THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT THEN SENT ME FLYING INTO MY NEIGHBORS BACK YARD, WHERE I TOOK OUT A HEDGE ROW, A BIRD FEEDER, AND A COUPLE SMALL PINE TREES. THEN I PROCEDED INTO THE YARD BEHIND MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE, WHERE I SMASHED INTO A MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZED TREE, WHICH DID NOT STOP MY VEHICLE, OR UNSTICK THE THROTTLE. THEN MY TRUCK CONTINUED INTO THERE NEIGHBORS YARD WHERE I WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE BACK OF THERE HOUSE, SO INSTEAD OF HITTING THERE HOUSE I AIMED THE TRUCK INTO A LARGE MAPLE TREE. WHICH FINALLY STOPED THE TRUCK, AND ALSO SENT MY CHEST AND MY FACE INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, AND MY HEAD INTO THE WINDSHEILD. I SUFFERED A MINOR CONCUTION, A CRACKED STURNUM, AND 3 RIBS. ALONG WITH A FEW CUTS AND BUMPS, AND A TOTALED TRUCK!*AK
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