# FIRESTONE FIRESTONE — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `352236` · 2001-08-28 · FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 5
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIRESTONE
- **Model:** FIRESTONE
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
## Narrative
CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER IN VEHICLE WHEN THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE TREAD BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE AXLE CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL SIX TIMES, CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS KILLED ALONG WITH 5 OTHERS WHO WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS A LEASED VEHICLE AND HAD JUST BEEN MAINTENANCED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, NO OTHER SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS GIVEN IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE OR FIRESTONE TIRES.   *SLC
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*