The ongoing debacle regarding defective Toyotas and related recalls has revealed another issue. The Associated Press (AP) is buy cheap fedex Doxycycline reporting that one man involved in a fatal crash that landed him in prison is buy cheap fedex Doxycycline seeking a change of venue.

Koua Fong Lee was involved in a buy cheap fedex Doxycycline fatal accident with his 1996 Toyota Camry when it sped up an buy cheap fedex Doxycycline interstate ramp and crashed into an Oldsmobile, killing three people, said the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline AP. Lee maintains that he did all he could to buy cheap fedex Doxycycline stop the vehicle; however, the jury did not believe him and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline he was sentenced to eight years in prison, wrote the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline AP.

Lee was driving home from buy cheap fedex Doxycycline church with his pregnant wife, young daughter, father, and brother in 2006 when buy cheap fedex Doxycycline their Toyota Camry sped up a ramp at speeds estimated between 70 and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline 90 miles per hour, said the AP. Lee’s car slammed into an buy cheap fedex Doxycycline Oldsmobile that was stopped at a red light, killing Javis Trice Adams, 33, and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline his 10-year-old son, Javis Adams Jr., at the scene; Adams’ young niece, Devyn Bolton, was paralyzed from buy cheap fedex Doxycycline the neck down, said the AP; she died just after Lee’s conviction.

Lee testified that buy cheap fedex Doxycycline he tried to brake; however a city mechanic testified the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline brakes were fine; the prosecution argued that Lee accelerated in error; he was convicted on two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, said the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline AP. At sentencing, the judge gave Lee the maximum after hearing what buy cheap fedex Doxycycline was described as emotional testimony from the victim’s family, said the AP.

While Lee is buy cheap fedex Doxycycline working to have his case and his freedom returned, the family of those killed in the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline crash is having a change of heart, according to the AP. While they originally fought for buy cheap fedex Doxycycline Lee’s imprisonment, in light of the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline news about runaway Toyotas, manufacturing defects, and recalls, the victims’ family believes Lee and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline now plans on suing the auto giant, noted the AP. “I know 100 percent in my heart that buy cheap fedex Doxycycline I took my foot off the gas and that I was stepping on the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline brakes as hard as possible,” Lee said in an buy cheap fedex Doxycycline interview Wednesday from the state prison in Lino Lakes. “When the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline brakes were looked at and we were told that nothing was wrong with the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline brakes, I was shocked,” he added, quoted the AP.

“We don’t want an innocent man sitting in prison,” said Phil Carruthers, prosecutor on the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline case, reported the AP, which added that a spokesman for Toyota declined to buy cheap fedex Doxycycline comment.

Lee’s accident isn’t the only one garnering attention following Toyota’s admission to buy cheap fedex Doxycycline significant sudden acceleration problems, wrote the AP. Lawsuits are increasing, some class action, and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline many more are expected.

Since September, Toyota has buy cheap fedex Doxycycline recalled nearly eight million vehicles worldwide for issues involving unintended acceleration. Also, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has buy cheap fedex Doxycycline received more than 2,000 complaints of sudden, unintended acceleration with Toyota and buy cheap fedex Doxycycline Lexus vehicles that involve more than 30 deaths and hundreds of accidents since 2000. Toyota had buy cheap fedex Doxycycline blamed the problems on faulty floor mats and defective accelerator pedals, but some believe a buy cheap fedex Doxycycline problem with the vehicle’s electronic throttle control system is behind the problems.

Testifying before Congress, Chief Officer, Toyoda, apologized for buy cheap fedex Doxycycline not understanding the full ramification of its safety problems and stated the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline firm might not have found all the causes for the sudden acceleration problems, a buy cheap fedex Doxycycline revelation that could be of great help to Lee and others in his position, said the buy cheap fedex Doxycycline AP. And, while Lee’s Camry was not included in recent recalls, some 1996 Camrys have buy cheap fedex Doxycycline been recalled for defective cruise control issues that could lead to buy cheap fedex Doxycycline sudden acceleration, said the AP.