NHTSA Complaint #10246879 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500

THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING FILED ON BEHALF OF THE 2003 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK 1500 MR. JP WATERS BY HIS STEPSON. MR. WATERS WAS SEVERELY INJURED ON OCTOBER 22, 2008 AFTER PLACING THE AFORESAID VEHICLE IN PARK ON AN INCLINE, TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, AND EXITING THE TRUCK. AS HE WENT AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO RETRIEVE SOME ITEMS THE TRUCK ROLLED, KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND DRAGGING HIM ACROSS A CURB INTO A NEIGHBORS YARD. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED HIP/ NUMEROUS LACERATIONS/ CONTUSIONS ALL OVER HIS BODY AND CONSEQUENTLY SUFFERED HEART FAILURE AND HAD TO BE AIR LIFTED TO A HEART HOSPITAL. HIS RECALL IS THAT HE DEFINITELY PLACED THE TRUCK IN PARK POSITION (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC)/ TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND NOTICED NO MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN HE EXITED--IT WAS PARKED ON A STEEP INCLINE. THE REAR MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL HE HAD COME AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR