Tire Defect Accident News

Kingman, Arizona—Rebecca Meyers, age 61 of Green Valley, was killed on Monday afternoon as a result of a three-vehicle accident on U.S. 93 north of Dolan Springs.  The driver of a northbound Ford SUV lost control of the vehicle causing it to cross a median where…

Tucson, Arizona—A rollover accident on northbound Interstate 19 near the San Xavier Road exit killed Maria Concepcion Gable, age 49, and Marco Valles, age 14. The other occupants of their vehicle were taken to a Tucson hospital for treatment. Arizona Department of…

Quartzsite, Arizona—Donna M. Howard, age 55 of Kansas City, Missouri, died from injuries she received when a tire of the bus she was driving failed, causing the bus to roll onto its side and partially ejecting her from the bus. The bus was part of a convoy of drum and…

Liberal, Kansas—Lyle Paul Ohlde, age 72 of St. David, Arizona, was injured earlier this week when the front left tire of his GMC pickup truck blew, catapulting it into the westbound lanes of Highway 54, about 10 miles west of Liberal, Kansas.  Mr. Ohlde’s pickup…

Colorado City, Texas—Jazmine Aiyana Martinez, age 9 of Phoenix, was killed in an accident just outside Colorado City, Texas on Saturday afternoon. According to accident investigators, Jazmine was a passenger in a 2006 Dodge Durango that was traveling westbound on…

Littlefield, Arizona—Two men were critically injured Monday afternoon when they were ejected from their car as it rolled onto the median of Southbound Interstate 15 just inside the Nevada-Arizona border.  No other vehicles were involved.  The two men were…

Phoenix, Arizona—Mercedes Arissa Garcia, age 11, and Luis James Garcia, age 15, both of Maricopa, Arizona, were killed at the scene of a tragic one-vehicle roll-over accident Sunday afternoon on Interstate 10 near 12th Street.  Almadelia Farias Cervantes, age 23…

Phoenix, Arizona—Guadalupe Najera Bautista, age 33, was killed and eight other occupants of her car were injured yesterday afternoon when a tire tread separation caused Ms. Bautista to lose control of her car.  The car overturned on the side of the Interstate 10…

Phoenix, Arizona—A passenger car collided with a cement truck on Tuesday morning after one of the car’s tires blew out. The accident, which occurred on eastbound Loop 101 near 56th Street in Phoenix, caused the cement mixer truck to overturn and catch fire. The truck…

Tonopah, Nevada—A head-on collision near Tonopah, Nevada claimed the lives of three people and seriously injured another. The crash occurred on December 26th when a pickup truck driven by Harvey Gee of Manning, North Dakota experienced a blowout in the driver-side…