Safety Inspector Charged in Crash That Killed 83-Year-Old Vermont Woman - NBCNews.com

Ibey was in the passenger seat of the 1992 Chevrolet Corsica when the driver — her husband, Donald, 86 — applied the brakes to stop for a turning vehicle. The state Department of Motor Vehicles said Tuesday that an annual safety inspection two months earlier should have spotted the defective brakes, along with dangerously rusted-out sections of the car's body. "Inspecting braking components and a vehicle's uni-body are a mandatory part of annual safety inspections in Vermont," the DMV said. "Brake, frame and uni-body inspection procedures are outlined in the Vermont Periodic Inspection Manual, which all licensed inspection mechanics are required to adhere to. ". Source: www.nbcnews.com