Ford to pay $15 million in Explorer rollover death

Ford Motor Co. must pay $15 million for the death of a teenager in a sport utility vehicle rollover accident, a Tulsa, Okla., a jury decided.

The parents of Tyler Moody, 18, said he died because the Ford Explorer’s roof was too weak to withstand a rollover.

Moody lost control while speeding around a curve before the 2003 accident, the trial judge ruled.

The lawsuit is one of several hundred against Ford over Explorer rollovers. Ford said it would appeal.