NHTSA Complaint #11061272 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 2017, MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING EAST ON HWY 10 DURING SNOWY CONDITIONS, WHEN WE HIT BLACK ICE AT 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE SPUN 360 AND HIT A GUARD RAIL AT 40-45 MPH. THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY RESULTING MAJOR INJURIES TO MY WIFE (PASSENGER) BROKEN STERNUM AND RIGHT BROKEN TIBIA, WHICH WAS CORRECTED WITH MAJOR SURGERY AND REHABILITATION. THE ROADS WERE SNOWY, TRAFFIC WAS AT 45-50MPH IN A 60 MPH SPEED LIMIT ZONE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HWY10 E AND FERRY ST IN ANOKA MINNESOTA. THE JEEP LIBERTY IS TOTALED AND MY WIFE IS SUFFERING FROM INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE, WOULD THE SAFETY AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED AND KEPT MY WIFE FROM MOVING FORWARD INTO THE DASH. *BF *TR