Vallejo grandmother testifies in Toyota hearing but can't bear to mention tragedy (Contra Costa Times)
Fe Lastrella of Vallejo refused to speak Wednesday of the ghastly accident that devastated her family. She didn't need to. Everyone in the House hearing room knew that hers was the tragedy that galvanized attention around safety flaws of Toyotas, led to the recalls of millions of cars and brought the scion of the world's largest automaker before a congressional committee to apologize.
House Oversight Committee hears Vallejo woman's tearful testimony (Vallejo Times-Herald)
WASHINGTON -- Fe Lastrella of Vallejo refused to speak Wednesday of the ghastly accident that devastated her family. She didn't need to.Everyone in House hearing room knew that hers was the tragedy that galvanized attention around safety flaws of Toyotas, led to the recalls
Mother of runaway Lexus victims offers emotional testimony during hearings (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Her family devastated by the crash last August in Santee that brought national attention to problems with runaway accelerators in Toyota-built cars, a Vallejo mother and grandmother broke her public silence on the tragedy today with a simple declaration to Congress.
Vallejo grandmother testifies in Toyota hearing but can't bear to mention tragedy (San Jose Mercury News)
She lost four family members when accelerator malfunctioned
Toyota chief says he was ignorant about problem (USA Today)
Toyota's top global executive said Wednesday he did not know there were problems of unintended acceleration until late last year.
Filipina mother's tragedy is face of Toyota menace (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
A Filipino mother's anguish over the loss of her family is providing an all too human face to the problem of runaway Toyota cars.
Dem to Toyota leader: Where's the remorse? (Detroit Free Press)
Read the Free Press' live blog of today's U.S. House Oversight hearing into Toyota's recalls that features Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda among others.
Toyoda's long apology for recalls doesn't mollify anger in Congress (Detroit Free Press)
Akio Toyoda, who became the company's CEO and president last summer, said: "I feel deeply sorry for those people who lost their lives or were injured."
Evasiveness by 'deeply sorry' Toyota president Akio Toyoda frustrates pols during D.C. hearing (New York Daily News)
Toyota President Akio Toyoda assured Congress on Wednesday he is "deeply sorry" for the highway carnage blamed on his runaway cars and then he began stonewalling.