Inspections start on Toyota Camry involved in fatal St. Paul crash (2 dead 2006 )

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Star Tribune

By PAUL WALSH

Automotive experts began two days of inspections Tuesday in St. Paul of the Toyota Camry that its owner contends he could not stop before crashing into another car, leaving two people dead in the other vehicle.

Koua Fong Lee, of St. Paul, is seeking a new trial in the 2006 deaths of Javis Adams, 33, and Adams' son, Javis Jr., 10. Lee, 32, convicted of criminal vehicular homicide, is serving an eight-year sentence.

The two-day inspection began Tuesday morning at the St. Paul Police Department impound lot and is being handled by an automotive expert hired by Lee's attorneys and a mechanical engineer hired by the Ramsey County attorney's office.

Lee, of St. Paul, was driving his family home from church, when he took the Snelling Avenue exit off eastbound Interstate 94. His car accelerated and slammed into an Oldsmobile Ciera stopped at a red light. Along with the two deaths, Adams' niece, Devyn Bolton, was left a quadriplegic. She died in October 2007 at age 7.


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[Oceansaway]

1. it's about time !!...n/t

[Jefferson23]

2. If he had no control due to the faulty accelerator, I hope he gets cleared.

What a freaking nightmare! But the accidents seem to continue on a regular basis:

Did faulty accelerator cause Toyota Tacoma to speed uncontrollably in Brookfield?



BROOKFIELD -- A faulty accelerator on a Toyota Tacoma is being blamed for causing the truck to speed uncontrollably down a parking lot, jump a curb and flip over.

Police responded to reports of a rollover accident on Federal Road outside of Costco on April 12.

The driver said that the pick-up truck's accelerator got stuck and he could not stop the vehicle with his emergency brake.

The driver, Freddie Perez, had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency personnel. He and his 12-year-old son were transported to Danbury Hospital.

Perez had two surgeries to remove glass from his body, his lawyer, Jeffrey Dressler, said.

Dressler is associated with Dressler Strickland, a Hartford legal firm.

Perez said Monday that he has stitches in his arm, but neither he nor his son have any major injuries.

Although the matter is under investigation, Dressler said the family will most likely be suing Toyota for injuries sustained in the accident.

Toyota Tacoma models from 2005 to 2010 are included in the Toyota floor mat recall.

"To address the risk of floor mat entrapment of accelerator pedals in certain Toyota models, Toyota is conducting a safety recall of those models," according to Toyota's website.

Dressler's firm has control of the vehicle, and he plans to have an expert examine it.

"All I know about the accident is what I've read in news articles," Dressler said. "Although they are interesting, they are not evidence, and we will have to investigate and see what did happen."

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