Engineer Blames Electromagnetic Interference in Crash

(Greenville-AP)

July 29, 2006 - An engineer says electromagnetic interference caused the sudden acceleration of the
Ford Explorer involved in a 1999 wreck that killed one woman and left another a quadriplegic.

Consultant Antony Anderson said in testimony Friday that the factors leading to the crash were not controllable by
the driver of the car.

Ford Motor Company and two other companies are being sued over the vehicle's occupant restraint system, electronic
cruise control, vehicle body and chassis.

Plaintiff attorneys have said the vehicle accelerated and "took off" on Interstate 385 in Laurens County.

But defense attorneys have said the two women weren't wearing seat belts when the 1995 Ford Explorer wrecked.

Posted 6:32pm by Chantelle Janelle