Parents sue over crash that killed 'Star Trek' actor Yelchin, The parents of "Star Trek" amateur Anton Yelchin on Tuesday sued the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, an SUV that was beneath anamnesis if it ashamed and dead the 27-year-old.
Victor and Irina Yelchin filed the wrongful-death and product-liability accusation adjoin automaker Fiat Chrysler in Los Angeles Superior Court almost six weeks afterwards their son was killed. The clothing contends that the accessory selector in the actor's Jeep was abnormal and ailing advised and manufactured.
"Anton Yelchin was ashamed and lingered animate for some time, trapped and airless until his death," the accusation says.
It does not say how abundant Yelchin's parents are gluttonous in damages.
The actor's Jeep formed astern down the driveway of his Los Angeles home June 19, pinning him amid a mailbox and a aegis fence. The SUV was a part of 1.1 amateur cars recalled in April because its accessory shifters accept abashed drivers, causing the cars to cycle abroad accidentally and arch to dozens of injuries.
The accusation says Yelchin's SUV did not appoint or advance its "park" accessory and that led to the car crushing the actor.
Yelchin is conceivably best accepted for his role as Pavel Chekov in the rebooted "Star Trek" franchise. The third blur in the series, "Star Trek Beyond," has grossed added than $106 amateur in the U.S. in its aboriginal two weekends.
The amateur was the Yelchins' alone son, and they filed Friday to baby-sit his estate, which is admired at about $1.4 million. Anton Yelchin larboard abaft several unreleased projects, including the Netflix activated alternation "Trollhunters" and four films.
Fiat Chrysler continued its sympathies to Yelchin's parents in a account appear afore the clothing was filed but added that the aggregation had not been served with the case and could not animadversion on it.
Drivers of the Jeep beneath anamnesis accept complained that they had agitation cogent if they put the manual in "park" afterwards stopping. Many appear the cars formed off afterwards the disciplinarian exited.
A government analysis into the accessory shifters begin 266 crashes that had afflicted 68 humans as of backward June.
Fiat Chrysler has said it is dispatch up its anamnesis of the vehicle. Both the aggregation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration accept apprenticed drivers of cars accountable to the accessory about-face anamnesis to set their parking brakes afore accepting out of their vehicles.
Victor and Irina Yelchin filed the wrongful-death and product-liability accusation adjoin automaker Fiat Chrysler in Los Angeles Superior Court almost six weeks afterwards their son was killed. The clothing contends that the accessory selector in the actor's Jeep was abnormal and ailing advised and manufactured.
"Anton Yelchin was ashamed and lingered animate for some time, trapped and airless until his death," the accusation says.
It does not say how abundant Yelchin's parents are gluttonous in damages.
The actor's Jeep formed astern down the driveway of his Los Angeles home June 19, pinning him amid a mailbox and a aegis fence. The SUV was a part of 1.1 amateur cars recalled in April because its accessory shifters accept abashed drivers, causing the cars to cycle abroad accidentally and arch to dozens of injuries.
The accusation says Yelchin's SUV did not appoint or advance its "park" accessory and that led to the car crushing the actor.
Yelchin is conceivably best accepted for his role as Pavel Chekov in the rebooted "Star Trek" franchise. The third blur in the series, "Star Trek Beyond," has grossed added than $106 amateur in the U.S. in its aboriginal two weekends.
The amateur was the Yelchins' alone son, and they filed Friday to baby-sit his estate, which is admired at about $1.4 million. Anton Yelchin larboard abaft several unreleased projects, including the Netflix activated alternation "Trollhunters" and four films.
Fiat Chrysler continued its sympathies to Yelchin's parents in a account appear afore the clothing was filed but added that the aggregation had not been served with the case and could not animadversion on it.
Drivers of the Jeep beneath anamnesis accept complained that they had agitation cogent if they put the manual in "park" afterwards stopping. Many appear the cars formed off afterwards the disciplinarian exited.
A government analysis into the accessory shifters begin 266 crashes that had afflicted 68 humans as of backward June.
Fiat Chrysler has said it is dispatch up its anamnesis of the vehicle. Both the aggregation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration accept apprenticed drivers of cars accountable to the accessory about-face anamnesis to set their parking brakes afore accepting out of their vehicles.
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