Kisaan Howard (age 15)Renee Howard (Mother)Wildwood, NJAs a 2-year-old, Kisaan Howard's neck was broken during an accident when sheslipped out of her seatbelt; she needs round the clock care.In 1996, Renee, her husband and then two year-old Kisaan, riding in their Jeep Grand Cherokee, were hit head on.
Shaun Nicolas Doss (age 8) Robert Doss (father) Gilbert, AZ As a 6-year-old, Shaun Nicolas Doss became severely injured and is now paraplegicwhen his seatbelt failed during an accident.On May 15, 2007, 6-year-old Shaun Doss was riding in the third-row passenger seat of his family's Dodge Durango, along with his father Robert and three siblings, when another vehicle ran a red light, T-boning the Doss's Durango at the driver's side rearwheel. Because the seat belts in the Doss's Durango had not been properly affixed to the vehicle's frame, they did not function properly upon impact.
Kimberly Young Dionne Sales (niece and attorney)Rose Young (mother and caretaker)Oakland, CA Kimberly Young's neck was broken, rendering her quadriplegic, when the roof ofher Jeep Grand Cherokee caved in during an accident.On August 29, 2008, 44-year-old Kimberly Young was driving her mother's 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with her daughter, Keyona Chester, when the vehicle was involved in an accident and rolled over.
Terry Cole Sikeston, MO Terry Cole, who had lived successfully for 35 years in a wheelchair, was severely burned by a defective seat heater because he does not have normal sensation in the lower half of his body.
Ralph Binder (deceased)Joy Wolf (former wife) and two sonsLos Angeles, CARalph Binder, Emmy-winning ABC News cameraman, was killed when the roof of his GM Suburban caved in during an accident.Ralph Binder, a loving father to two young boys, was a news cameraman who worked almost exclusively for ABC News.
On the afternoon of August 9, 2007, Joseph Anthony Garrett, 20, was driving on Old Beulah Road in Douglas County, Georgia, when Garrett lost control of his 2006 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck.