Centerville Woman Critically Injured In Rollover Accident on I-15 Due to Tire Blowout
According to a Deseret News report, Woman in Critical Condition After I-15 Crash in Utah County, a Centerville woman in her mid 20s was seriously injured when her tire shredded causing her car to roll northbound on I-15 near milepost 284.
The Centerville woman was life-flighted in critical condition. Please keep her in your prayers.
The police department said they are investigating whether speed was a factor in this accident, but when a defective tire shreds while driving on a freeway, speed is clearly not the cause or a contributor to the accident.
Tire manufacturers have known that a leading cause of tread separation is due to the design and placement of the belts and overlying tread. Tread and belt separations can also occur from poor adhesion of the tire components. Poor adhesion results from the use of old and expired adhesives, improper temperatures and unclean manufacturing facilities used in the manufacturing process. Poor adhesion may also be the result of contaminants introduced during manufacturing such as rust, moisture, oxidation, grease, sawdust, gum wrappers and even cigarette butts.
If tire shredding causes an accident, the manufacturer, distributor, and/or retailer of the tire may be responsible for the accident. If you or a loved one have been seriously injured, or a loved one has been killed, as the result of a tire defect, tire failure, tread separation, tire blowout, rollover accident, or any other serious injury accident, then please contact the Christensen Law Firm to discuss your legal rights. It is important to immediatly preserve all four tires and other evidence in these cases and a Utah Personal Injury lawyer can help with this.
