POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
THE CAR WAS IDLING IN PARK AND IT SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. THE DRIVER HAD BEEN OUT OF THE CAR FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS WHEN THE VEHICLE APPARENTLY SLID INTO EITHER REVERSE OR NEUTRAL. FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVER CHASED THE CAR DOWN, JUMPED INTO THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR AWAY FROM STUDENTS WHO WERE WALKING NEARBY. OTHERWISE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROHPE.*AK