by brian » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:11 am
Dec 14, 2010: From the DenverPost.com news
"New-car smell" cited in Edwards hit-and-run case
- "New-car smell" might have contributed to a driver losing consciousness in a July hit-and-run accident, his lawyers claim.
Martin Erzinger was driving a new 2010 Mercedes sedan when he rear-ended bicyclist Dr. Steven Milo, about 1:30 p.m. July 3.
Erzinger's attorneys say their client suffers from sleep apnea and fell asleep at the wheel before driving off U.S. Highway 6 and onto the shoulder near Miller Ranch Road, hitting Milo, who sustained injuries, from behind.
Erzinger had purchased the car about a month before the accident. Accident reconstructionist John Koziol found in his investigation the sedan was emitting new car fumes, court documents said. It might have been a contributing factor, documents said.
Dec 14, 2010: From the DenverPost.com news [url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_16855294]"New-car smell" cited in Edwards hit-and-run case[/url]
[list]"New-car smell" might have contributed to a driver losing consciousness in a July hit-and-run accident, his lawyers claim.
Martin Erzinger was driving a new 2010 Mercedes sedan when he rear-ended bicyclist Dr. Steven Milo, about 1:30 p.m. July 3.
Erzinger's attorneys say their client suffers from sleep apnea and fell asleep at the wheel before driving off U.S. Highway 6 and onto the shoulder near Miller Ranch Road, hitting Milo, who sustained injuries, from behind.
Erzinger had purchased the car about a month before the accident. Accident reconstructionist John Koziol found in his investigation the sedan was emitting new car fumes, court documents said. It might have been a contributing factor, documents said.[/list]