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ReprintsReport: Volvo fined in France for brake fault in accident
Automotive News Europe
February 1, 2008 11:00 CET
SAVERNE, France -- Swedish carmaker Volvo was fined 200,000 euros ($297,400) by a French court on Thursday after a deadly accident in which the brakes could have been at fault. A driver lost control over her Volvo 850 TDI and knocked down three children on the pavement in the center of Wasselone in northeast France in June 1999. Two of the children died, the third was seriously injured. The driver, a schoolteacher who was 49 at the time, received a suspended jail sentence of six months, a 300-euro fine and a one-year suspension of her driving license. She claimed the brake had become very rigid and she could not stop in time. Volvo Car Corporation, a unit of Ford, has rejected the theory that the incident was caused by a mechanical defect on the car. The company is expected to appeal the court decision. |
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