# FIRESTONE FIRESTONE — TIRES
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `375627` · 2002-09-10 · FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIRESTONE
- **Model:** FIRESTONE
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
- **Component:** TIRES
## Narrative
CONSUMERS SON WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT.  HWILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A POLE.  ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BLOWN.  PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE SON REPORTED THE TWO BACK TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT.  ONCE WHILE HE, THE SON WAS DRIVING. THE OTHER, HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING.  IN THE FATAL ACCIDENT, THERE WAS A PASSENGER WHO WAS BADLY INJURED.  *JG
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