Toyota Quality Issues May Have Put Minnesota Man in Prison

Koua Fong Lee, a Hmong refugee from Laos living in Minnesota, was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide and is serving an 8 year sentence due to what he claimed was a breaking problem in his 1996 Toyota Camry. On his way home from church driving with his family, his vehicle smashed into the back of another vehicle while traveling at speeds of 70-90 miles per hour, killing three people. The jury did not believe his defense of a mechanical malfunction and sent him to prison. His attorney is now calling for his case to be reexamined due to the recent Toyota recalls, and the victims' families support the reexamination. Hopefully the local prosecutor will honor their pledge to reexamine the case.