Boosted Falcon

A FATHER whose car exploded, killing his eight-year-old son and severely burning his three other children, is suing mechanics who installed and checked its faulty LPG system.
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Mr Clay, a tyre fitter, bought the car from his former boss at the Bridgestone Tyre Centre in Doveton, mechanic David Beaney. He said he insisted on the LPG system being checked because Mr Beaney had installed it himself, so Mr Beaney arranged a mobile gas cylinder tester, Gary Martin, to come to their workplace.

Mr Clay is also suing a third man, Stephen Young, who gave the Ford Falcon a roadworthy certificate.

Terence Casey, QC, for Mr Clay, said the backyard LPG conversion was described as "dreadful" by a forensic scientist, who found an incorrectly fitted fuel line had cracked and released gas into the car.

Sundeep wrote:Happened at least 5 years ago from memory. It was a XF, and he had just filled up gas after picking up the kids from their mum's house. The kid that died told his dad he could smell gas but his dad lit a cigarette anyway and the XF went kaboom.

Fairlane_Ghia wrote:I disagree Dez, he had every right to light a smoke in his car.

The fact that he did it with kids in the car saying they can smell gas makes him a dickhead, but it all boils down to the fact the car wasn't safe, and yet got passed for a RWC & the Gas cylinder check.

Its the "Professionals" in this case that did a sub standard job and as a result has indirectly killed a child and injured others. The cigarette was just the catalyst for it.