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On the heels of the CBS News investigation into the dangers of the Yamaha Rhino, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a safety reminder Wednesday to Yamaha Rhino riders. The advisory urges all owners of the side-by-side vehicle to make sure they have received the free safety upgrades Yamaha agreed to provide earlier this year and to stop using the vehicle until the repairs are installed.On Tuesday, CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian reporte stanley cups d on the concerns about the safety of the Rhino, which looks like a cross between a golf cart with attitude, and an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV. The CPSC has identified 59 Rhino related deaths, and CBS News learned there are at least 440 death and injury lawsuits pending against Yamaha. Yama stanley cup website ha says the Rhino is safe and that virtually all accidents are the result of operator error. Inez Tenenbaum, Chairwoman of the CPSC told CBS News that the Commission s investigation of the Rhino is continuing.Many of the accidents stem from rollovers in which drivers or stanley website passengers fell or were flung through the open door space to the ground, then smashed by the 1,100 pound vehicle. Adults and children as young as 3 years old have suffered gruesome injuries, including amputated limbs and crushed legs, arms or heads. Plaintiffs say the Rhino is dangerously unstable due to its unusually narrow stance, high ground clearance and lack of a rear differential to help in turning. They a Kugj The Odd Truth, May 29, 2003
CNN -- A taxicab airforce plowed into a group of cab drivers sitting outside a taxi pool in East Boston on Monday afternoon, leaving 10 people injured, Massachusetts State Police said.Two law enforcement sources told CNN the incident is being treated as an accident, not an act of terrorism. The driver told authorities at the scene he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, according to both sources.There was a large law enforcement response to the 1:40 p.m. ET incident at Porter Street and Tomahawk Drive near the Logan International Airport taxi pool. The area is just west of the airport.Speaking at a news conference, Massachusetts State Police Maj. Frank McGinn said, One of the cab drivers in the pool had jumped the curb and struck some fellow cab drivers sitting ... there waiting for their next fares. The driver was cooperating with authorities and was known to be a very nice gentleman, McGinn said.McGinn said it appears all the injured people are fellow cab drivers. The most seriously injured person has broken legs and maybe some internal chest injuries, he said.Ana Vivas, media relations manager at the Boston Public He nike sb dunk alth Commission, said four patients were taken to Boston Medical Center, four to Tufts Medical Center and two to Massachusetts General Hospital.In a news relea adidas originals se, the state police said the cab driver was a 56-year-old Cambridge man. His identity has not been released and the cause of the crash is under investigation, according to state police.The-CNN-Wi
On the heels of the CBS News investigation into the dangers of the Yamaha Rhino, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a safety reminder Wednesday to Yamaha Rhino riders. The advisory urges all owners of the side-by-side vehicle to make sure they have received the free safety upgrades Yamaha agreed to provide earlier this year and to stop using the vehicle until the repairs are installed.On Tuesday, CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian reporte stanley cups d on the concerns about the safety of the Rhino, which looks like a cross between a golf cart with attitude, and an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV. The CPSC has identified 59 Rhino related deaths, and CBS News learned there are at least 440 death and injury lawsuits pending against Yamaha. Yama stanley cup website ha says the Rhino is safe and that virtually all accidents are the result of operator error. Inez Tenenbaum, Chairwoman of the CPSC told CBS News that the Commission s investigation of the Rhino is continuing.Many of the accidents stem from rollovers in which drivers or stanley website passengers fell or were flung through the open door space to the ground, then smashed by the 1,100 pound vehicle. Adults and children as young as 3 years old have suffered gruesome injuries, including amputated limbs and crushed legs, arms or heads. Plaintiffs say the Rhino is dangerously unstable due to its unusually narrow stance, high ground clearance and lack of a rear differential to help in turning. They a Kugj The Odd Truth, May 29, 2003
CNN -- A taxicab airforce plowed into a group of cab drivers sitting outside a taxi pool in East Boston on Monday afternoon, leaving 10 people injured, Massachusetts State Police said.Two law enforcement sources told CNN the incident is being treated as an accident, not an act of terrorism. The driver told authorities at the scene he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, according to both sources.There was a large law enforcement response to the 1:40 p.m. ET incident at Porter Street and Tomahawk Drive near the Logan International Airport taxi pool. The area is just west of the airport.Speaking at a news conference, Massachusetts State Police Maj. Frank McGinn said, One of the cab drivers in the pool had jumped the curb and struck some fellow cab drivers sitting ... there waiting for their next fares. The driver was cooperating with authorities and was known to be a very nice gentleman, McGinn said.McGinn said it appears all the injured people are fellow cab drivers. The most seriously injured person has broken legs and maybe some internal chest injuries, he said.Ana Vivas, media relations manager at the Boston Public He nike sb dunk alth Commission, said four patients were taken to Boston Medical Center, four to Tufts Medical Center and two to Massachusetts General Hospital.In a news relea adidas originals se, the state police said the cab driver was a 56-year-old Cambridge man. His identity has not been released and the cause of the crash is under investigation, according to state police.The-CNN-Wi
