Rhinos and the Leg Crush Issue
0The main reason this claim center exists is because of the unbelievable number of leg-crush accidents that have happened due to the design flaw in the Yamaha Rhino. Our natural instinct when we’re falling is to try and steady ourselves so as not to completely fall over. This places all passengers in Yamaha Rhino Atv’s at significant risk. The top heavy design makes it so that when a Rhino takes even a moderate turn, it has a tendency to roll onto its side and sometimes completely upside down. Add to that the fact that there is nothing stopping a passenger’s leg from shooting out the side in an attempt to stop the vehicle from falling over and you often get a very heavy ATV falling right onto the leg of an unsuspecting rider. Once the Rhino is on top of this person’s leg, it is extremely difficult to get the ATV back up. When there are compound fractures and deep lacerations, this can be obviously very painful. In many of our cases, the victims have needed to be life flighted out of extremely remote areas just to save their lives. Although the injuries run the gamut of leg crushes, we have even seen cases where the leg had to be amputated. These are extreme cases, but have happened more than once. If you think you may have been injured because of this rollover problem, please contact us as soon as possible and we will have someone help determine if the Rhino’s faulty design is actually to blame.