A Ford dealership is under fire for alleged negligence. The owner of a Ford F-250 couldn’t shift his truck into park and was run over as a result of the defect. The suit claims that the dealership should have never sold the truck with a faulty transmission. 

A Ford dealership is being sued for negligence after an F-250 kills a man 

Roy “Mack” Irwin was the proud owner of a 2023 Ford F-250 but only had it for a few weeks before it killed him. He was pulled under the truck and crushed during an accident. 

He took it to the back dealership because his F-250 wouldn’t stay in the park. Allegedly, the dealership failed to fix the issue and didn’t warn Irwin that the truck had never been repaired. 

Irwin was visiting friends and shifted into park before exiting his truck. His partner was inside as the air conditioning and engine ran. 

Then it started making strange movements. It started rolling back and forth. Then it started picking up speed while rolling backward. 

Irwin tried to jump on the driver’s side to stop the truck but was pulled under. The front tire rolled over his chest and trapped him alive. First responders freed him and he later died at the hospital due to blunt force trauma. 

Now his daughter is suing the Ford dealership for $75,000 due to allegedly being unreasonably dangerous due to its defective transmission system when it left the manufacturing plant. 

The defect allows the driver to place the transmission shifter in an illusory park position. Then it can shift gears on its own without human input. 

Plus, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received multiple complaints of trucks moving while in park. 

Drivers shared that their trucks would inch forward, and suddenly accelerate. But Ford hasn’t released a recall to correct the problem.