Date: Aug. 4, 2009
Victim: Unknown
Location: Unknown; complaint filed from Copiague, N.Y.
Model: 2005 Toyota Camry
Details: A 2005 Camry owner reported that her son-in-law was killed in a crash and that police said the vehicle had been traveling at high speed just before the collision, according to a complaint filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The owner alleged that the accident was caused by sudden unintended acceleration.
The complaint, filed from Copiague, N.Y., in November, didn't specify the site of the accident. Neither state nor local police recorded a fatality near that area on Aug. 4, 2009, nor could authorities find a record of a fatality involving a Camry elsewhere in the state.
The 2005 Camry is not included in the recent Toyota recalls.
-- Stuart Pfeifer, Carol J. Williams and Robert Faturechi
Victim: Unknown
Location: Unknown; complaint filed from Copiague, N.Y.
Model: 2005 Toyota Camry
Details: A 2005 Camry owner reported that her son-in-law was killed in a crash and that police said the vehicle had been traveling at high speed just before the collision, according to a complaint filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The owner alleged that the accident was caused by sudden unintended acceleration.
The complaint, filed from Copiague, N.Y., in November, didn't specify the site of the accident. Neither state nor local police recorded a fatality near that area on Aug. 4, 2009, nor could authorities find a record of a fatality involving a Camry elsewhere in the state.
The 2005 Camry is not included in the recent Toyota recalls.
-- Stuart Pfeifer, Carol J. Williams and Robert Faturechi