Oh how I remember the accident, June 29, 2005. We were traveling north on I-84 heading to Idaho for a long weekend. We had river rafting planned, fishing, hiking and being with the family in the Boise valley. Just dad and the kids. Mom was going to stay and get caught up on some litigation cases she was working.
The tire tread came off and then the tire blew. This was a COOPER tire with 80% plus tread still on the tire. Their tire expert said it failed due to low tread. LIE LIE LIE. That is BLOOD on the exterior of the vehicle from my son's head injury.
Don't trust COOPER tires.
Ford Excursion after rolling at 65 MPH. Driven by my 16 year old son. I was in the back seat due to the fact that we picked up a hitch hiker. Poor fella, he boogied outta there before the UHP patrolman could arrive. They found him a ways down the interstate. The troopers last name was Denny. He asked where we were headed and I told him Boise area. He said he has a brother around there. I then asked if it would be Dan Denny. It was, wow, what a small world. I went to high school with Dan's sons Todd Martell and Mike Martell.
I would buy a FORD again. That vehicle did pretty well, it was the tires that sucked. That morning I went to have the tires rotated but the wait was 2-3 hours. Not having the time I went and checked the air pressure and then packed for the trip. Would things have been different if the FAULTY COOPER TIRE was on the front? I often wonder.
Yes, CHAPARRAL are made by COOPER tires.
This accident put three of my children in the hospital. I should have gone but I needed to stay and do a thorough investigation into the accident. The Trooper was leaning towards issuing a citation to my son who only had his license for about one month. My son Tennison was able to keep control of the vehicle long enough to reduce the speed significantly before the EXCURSION rolled. It was thump, thump, thump, and I said, "flat tire, slow down," The Excursion then began to fish tail. I remember Tennison correcting the fish tail three times and on the fourth it went into a roll. I was reaching back and tightening the seat belts for Tyla and McKay. I still had my firm grip on Tyla when the vehicle came to a stop. My left shoulder was dislocated and my back was dislocated. I got my shoulder back in and immediately went into COP mode. McKay was covered in blood from the head injury, Tyla was bleeding all over her arms, waist, and legs. Beau had scrapes all over and I honestly don't remember a thing about BRYSON. Then to top it all off we had our Australian Shepherd with us. I remember hearing one of the first responders saying, "where in the hell did the dog come from". We were only about a half mile out of Snowville, Ut.
Faulty COOPER Tire!
Faulty COOPER tire. Now try making a call to your wife who is at work back in SLC, UT. I had three children in an ambulance heading to Brigham City, UT. Honey can you get to the Brigham City hospital. We have been involved in roll over, the tire tread seperated. It was not anyone's fault, just a BAD tire. I was in excruciating pain due to my shoulder and back being wrenched in the accident.
This is the same tire that killed 9 Utah State students a few months later. On 9-27-05 eight students were killed due to a faulty COOPER tire. One student died a few days later.
Not enough tread? One can clearly see that there is a lot of tread. I measured 80% still there. The tires only had 18,000 miles on them.
COOPER tires also listed driver error as a contributing circumstance to the accident. What exactly is one to do when a tread totally seperates from the tire at 75MPH?
Faulty COOPER tire. This is the tread that seperated prior to the rollover. The tread was located in lane #1 on the interstate 200 yards prior to the accident.
faulty COOPER tire.
Faulty COOPER tire. I remember when we took our Ford Explorer into Firestone Tires to get new tires due to the recall. I saw all those tires and the manager cut slits into the sidewalls. I told the manager it would be great ot get some of the tires and he looked at me and said, "not if you love your family, these things are killers." Now I totally understand what he meant.
Oh how I remember the accident, June 29, 2005. We were traveling north on I-84 heading to Idaho for a long weekend. We had river rafting planned, fishing, hiking and being with the family in the Boise valley. Just dad and the kids. Mom was going to stay and get caught up on some litigation cases she was working. 
The tire tread came off and then the tire blew. This was a COOPER tire with 80% plus tread still on the tire. Their tire expert said it failed due to low tread. LIE LIE LIE. That is BLOOD on the exterior of the vehicle from my son's head injury.
Don't trust COOPER tires.
Ford Excursion after rolling at 65 MPH. Driven by my 16 year old son. I was in the back seat due to the fact that we picked up a hitch hiker. Poor fella, he boogied outta there before the UHP patrolman could arrive. They found him a ways down the interstate. The troopers last name was Denny. He asked where we were headed and I told him Boise area. He said he has a brother around there. I then asked if it would be Dan Denny. It was, wow, what a small world. I went to high school with Dan's sons Todd Martell and Mike Martell. 
I would buy a FORD again. That vehicle did pretty well, it was the tires that sucked. That morning I went to have the tires rotated but the wait was 2-3 hours. Not having the time I went and checked the air pressure and then packed for the trip. Would things have been different if the FAULTY COOPER TIRE was on the front? I often wonder. 
Yes, CHAPARRAL are made by COOPER tires. 
This accident put three of my children in the hospital. I should have gone but I needed to stay and do a thorough investigation into the accident. The Trooper was leaning towards issuing a citation to my son who only had his license for about one month. My son Tennison was able to keep control of the vehicle long enough to reduce the speed significantly before the EXCURSION rolled. It was thump, thump, thump, and I said, "flat tire, slow down," The Excursion then began to fish tail. I remember Tennison correcting the fish tail three times and on the fourth it went into a roll. I was reaching back and tightening the seat belts for Tyla and McKay. I still had my firm grip on Tyla when the vehicle came to a stop. My left shoulder was dislocated and my back was dislocated. I got my shoulder back in and immediately went into COP mode. McKay was covered in blood from the head injury, Tyla was bleeding all over her arms, waist, and legs. Beau had scrapes all over and I honestly don't remember a thing about BRYSON. Then to top it all off we had our Australian Shepherd with us. I remember hearing one of the first responders saying, "where in the hell did the dog come from". We were only about a half mile out of Snowville, Ut. 
Faulty COOPER tire. Now try making a call to your wife who is at work back in SLC, UT. I had three children in an ambulance heading to Brigham City, UT. Honey can you get to the Brigham City hospital. We have been involved in roll over, the tire tread seperated. It was not anyone's fault, just a BAD tire. I was in excruciating pain due to my shoulder and back being wrenched in the accident. 
This is the same tire that killed 9 Utah State students a few months later. On 9-27-05 eight students were killed due to a faulty COOPER tire. One student died a few days later. 
Not enough tread? One can clearly see that there is a lot of tread. I measured 80% still there. The tires only had 18,000 miles on them. 
COOPER tires also listed driver error as a contributing circumstance to the accident. What exactly is one to do when a tread totally seperates from the tire at 75MPH?
Faulty COOPER tire. This is the tread that seperated prior to the rollover. The tread was located in lane #1 on the interstate 200 yards prior to the accident. 
faulty COOPER tire.
Faulty COOPER tire. I remember when we took our Ford Explorer into Firestone Tires to get new tires due to the recall. I saw all those tires and the manager cut slits into the sidewalls. I told the manager it would be great ot get some of the tires and he looked at me and said, "not if you love your family, these things are killers." Now I totally understand what he meant.
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