NHTSA Complaint #10465299 — 2012 TOYOTA COROLLA

THE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, AWOKE AND TRIED TO CORRECT HIS LANE POSITION. UPON HIS ATTEMPT, THE CAR COULD NOT BE STABILIZED OR CONTROLLED. THIS WAS A FRONT END CRASH AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50 - 55 MPH GOING THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, HITTING HUNDREDS OF STACKED LOBSTER CRATES (LIKE HITTING A BRICK WALL). THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED, THE DRIVER HAD SEAT BELT ON. NOT ONE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR SMASHED THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND A PIECE OF WOODEN LOBSTER CRATE WITH NAILS CAME THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND INTO THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO THE DRIVER, SEVER FACIAL AND ELBOW LACERATIONS, AND MAJOR AMOUNTS OF GLASS FRAGMENTS IN HIS BODY. THE DRIVER WAS THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL IN THE VEHICLE. *TR