# COSCO CHILD SAFETY SEAT — CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `326920` · 2001-12-18 · COSCO, INC.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 2
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** COSCO
- **Model:** CHILD SAFETY SEAT
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** COSCO, INC.
- **Component:** CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT
## Narrative
COSCO TOURIVA  MODEL # 02014;   THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE NEAR YUMA, ARIZONA ON NOVEMBER 2, 1998.  IT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 P.M.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR.  THE DRIVER, SURVIVED THE INCIDENT.  THE TWO PASSENGERS,  HIS SISTER, AND  HIS NIECE DID NOT.  THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A 1997 FORD RANGER THAT SUFFERED A TREAD SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE (A DUNLOP TIRE).  AS A RESULT OF THE TREAD SEPARATION, VEHICLE BEGAN TO YAW AND A ROLLOVER SEQUENCE ENSUED.  THE VEHICLE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES.  PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT,  PLACED HER DAUGHER, (A 23 MONTH OLD INFANT) IN A COSCO TOURIVA MODEL 02-014 CHILD SEAT RESTRAINT.  DURING THE ROLLOVER, THE BUCKLE ON THE CHILD SEAT RESTRAINT BECAME UNLATCHED DUE TO A "FALSE LATCH" CONDITION.  AS A RESULT OF THE FALSE LATCH CONDITION, THE CHILD RSEAT RESTRAINT DID NOT RESTRAIN  INSTEAD, THE FALSE LATCH CONDITION CAUSED THE SHOULDER BELT WEBBING TO POSITIONED IN A MANNER THAT CUT THROUGH AND SEVERED HER NECK.  EVENTUALLY, DURING THE ROLLOVER HER BODY AND HEAD WERE EJECTED SEPARATELY FROM THE FORD RANGER. [XXX]  INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *PM  *TR
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