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Ford, Police Officials Review Safety Upgrade in Warren, Mich.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002

By Ben Schmitt, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 24--As Ford officials gathered in Warren with local law enforcement officials to highlight new safety features on Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, Dallas police investigated a fiery car crash that left a police officer dead.

At least 13 officers across the country have died in fiery crashes in Crown Victorias since 1983 -- the most recent death at 1 a.m. Wednesday. An off-duty Dallas police officer was killed in a highway accident when a sport-utility vehicle slammed into the back of his slow-moving Crown Victoria squad car.

The crash comes three weeks after the National Highway Traffic Administration said the car exceeds federal standards for fuel system...

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