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>> reporter: investigators say the 2005 chevy cobalt amy and natasha were passengers in veered off the road here, then hit a telephone box before striking two trees. amy died later that night in the hospital. natasha held on for 11 days before dying. the driver miraculously survived, but with severe injuries. no one in the car was wearing a seat belt, and the driver only had a learners permit. investigators cant say exactly what caused the crash, but say the key was found in the accessory positi...

Speed limit was 55. do you believe that that could have caused the accident? >> no. i believe that she lost power. >> reporter: its now known the ignition switch on her cobalt was defective. this analysis of the data report shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and anti-lock brakes. >> were e believe the evidence is overwhelming that the defectses in this key system resulted in brookes loss of co...

>> reporter: do you believe that could have caused the accident? >> no. i believe she lost power. >> its known the ignition switch was defective. this analysis provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and antilock breaks. >> the evidence is overwhelming the defects in the key system resulted in her death. >> reporter: gm would not comment on it. 2.6 million cars were reca...

Federal prosecutor. earlier this year it was revealed that the switches in 2.6 million gm cars including the chevy cobalt could be unintentionally knocked into the accessory position while driving. that sometimes causes the engine to be shut off enabli disabling airbags, power steergs and brake. >> one georgia couple believes their daughters death was caused by the defect. before the recall they settled with gm but now theyre trying to take the auto giant to court over it claiming they were dece...

Defective. this data analysis shows that the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash shutting the engine off and disabling the airbags, power steering and anti lock brakes. >> we believe the evidence is overwhelming that the defects in this key system resulted in brookes loss of control and her death. >> reporter: gm would not comment on the data recorder information. the defect led gm to recall 2.6 million cars but before the recall the meltons settled their case with gm f...

>> she was driving 58 and the speed limit was 55. do you believe that that could have caused the accident? >> no, i believe she lost power. >> reporter: brooks parents blame general motors. its now known the ignition switch on her cobalt was defective. this analysis of the cars data recorder provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and antilock brakes. >> we bleaelieve th...

With millions of reviews, tripadvisor makes any destination better. tomorrow, may be the day we get answers as to why general motor also waited at least a decade to tell the public that ignition switches in 2.6 million of their cars could accidentally be knocked into the accessory position while driving, and thats serious, because it caused the engine to shut off, disabling the air bags, the power steering and the brakes. gm says 13 deaths have been caused by the faulty ignition switches. but ...

Thinking about it. ken and beth melton were my guest on tuesday night talking about the loss of their daughter, brook. it happened four years ago this week. brook was a nurse. it was her 29th birthday. and four days prior, her 2005 chevy cobalt shut off while she was driving. she lost control of the power steering and her brakes. then had the car serviced at the dealership. they returned it to her saying all was fixed. then or her birthday, she was traveling on highway 92 in palding county, geor...

It happened four years ago this week. brook was a nurse. it was her 29th birthday. and four days prior, her 2005 chevy cobalt shut off while she was driving. she lost control of the power steering and her brakes. then had the car serviced at the dealership. they returned it to her saying all was fixed. then or her birthday, she was traveling on highway 92 in palding county, georgia. it was a rainy night, she was driving 58 miles an hour and there was a collision. the accident report said she los...

>> what questions specifically did you ask her that you thought you needed to hear? >> well, i asked her if she would consider taking the cars off the road and park them until they are able to be fixed and she told me of course as long as you just have that one little key in the ignition these cars are safe. and i asked about the difference between the amount of pressure or torque that was need today turn the key into the accessory position and there is minimumal needed on these compared to othe...