ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED CATALYTIC CONVERTER OVERHEATING; NOTICED TREMENDOUS ROTTEN EGG AND BURNING SMELL, VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HEARD EXPLOSION, SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR, PULLED TO SIDE WHEN MOTORIST ALERTED OF FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK