Rented Dodge Charger in fatal crash had bad tires: Suit
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Background: The U.S. District courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio (Google Maps). Inset: Robert “Bob” Bilbrey (Waite Funeral Home).

The family of an Ohio man who passed away following a winter car crash has filed a lawsuit against the car rental company that provided the vehicle involved in the collision. They allege that the car’s tires were worn out and unsuitable for handling the hazardous road conditions.

Robert “Bob” Bilbrey, 69, died on Jan. 18 from injuries sustained during a collision in Ohio’s Lorain County. The crash involved a 26-year-old Michigan man named Jules Toussaint, who was driving a 2023 Dodge Charger rented for work purposes. As per the lawsuit filed in federal court in April, the Charger’s tires were reportedly “in a poor, worn condition.”

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The lawsuit, filed by Bilbrey’s widow and his estate, asserts that Toussaint and his employer, Hutchinson Inc., rented the Dodge Charger from Avis Budget Rental for work use. It claims the vehicle’s tires were “worn with little to no tread remaining,” describing that “the tread depth was worn below the legal limit, making it exceptionally dangerous to operate the motor vehicle on the roadway, especially in poor, rainy weather conditions.”

According to the lawsuit, those were the exact conditions on State Route 18 in Ohio on Jan. 18, when it was raining, “and the road conditions were wet with a slush buildup on the pavement.”

The lawsuit claimed that Toussaint, Hutchinson, and Avis should have known that the Dodge Charger was in no condition to be driven that day. Toussaint, who sustained minor injuries in the crash, was accused of driving the car in a “negligent, reckless, and wanton manner.” He was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and is reportedly expected to plead guilty in Oberlin Municipal Court in Michigan.

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