News for March, 2009

Yamaha Rhino ATVs recall issued for two models

All Yamaha Rhino 450 and 660 model vehicles were recalled for repairs designed to prevent accidents that resulted in 46 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The reported deaths occurred between the fall of 2003, when the vehicles were first distributed, through this year.

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Families devastated by Rhino rollovers release safety report

rhino 150x150ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE PUBLISHED ON LIEFF CABRASER YAMAHA RHINO WEBSITE:

Earlier this week we featured J.T. Crow, a 9-year-old boy who died when the he was a passenger in rolled onto its side, throwing him from the and pinning him underneath its unpadded roll cage. Since the accident, which occurred in June 2007, J.T.’s mother, Heidi Crow, embarked on a mission to “help save others from a tragic fate like J.T.’s.”

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Family of boy killed in Rhino rollover establishes memorial fund

jt crow classroom 150x150“I am downstairs sitting in my recliner watching TV. The recliner is in our little living room right at the base of the stairs. Sometimes I can see J.T. just out of the corner of my eye coming down. I hear the squeak of the third stair and see a flash of blonde shaggy hair. I find myself washed in a sense of relief until I turn to welcome him and find he wasn’t there and the sharp pain of disappointment stabs me back into reality. Do you ever do that?”

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