Crash victim's family: Closure again denied by Toyota (video of black box a first)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/92445284.html

For two and a half years a local family has waited, desperate for answers about the death of their only child. The only thing in their way? Auto giant Toyota, which denied every effort by the family to get those answers.

Now with the help of the KOMO 4 Problem Solvers and a U.S. Senator, Toyota has agreed to unlock the key to those answers.

From the very beginning Chris Eves' fatal crash in his nearly new Toyota Tundra left his parents grieving - and full of questions.

"We all knew that something very, something very sudden and eventful happened to Chris," said Ron Eves.

Snip: "Toyota had a golden moment to make this right, and they didn't," he said.

Though the Eves are not suing Toyota, attorney Michael Kelly and Forensic Engineer Bill Rosenbluth agreed to monitor the process to ensure its accuracy. From the beginning, the two found problems.

They tell me that, without warning, Toyota used brand new software and then refused to test its accuracy on Rosenbluth's sample EDR. But the real disappointment is the data provided by Toyota. Rosenbluth says "some" of the raw data on the Eves' EDR were never downloaded, and the rest simply doesn't make sense.

"And the interpretation we got today everybody agrees was implausible because it was contradictory," Rosenbluth said.

FULL story and video at link.

[Omaha Steve]

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