1. It seems he was wearing his seatbelt: Coles swerved to avoid a driver heading toward him in his lane, and the Explorer rolled over. Coles ejected from car,

1. It seems he was wearing his seatbelt: Coles swerved to avoid a driver heading toward him in his lane, and the Explorer rolled over. Coles ejected from car, tho he wore seatbelt. 2. 80 (mph?) is not that fast, less than 130km/h [Edit: There's three issues at play with the Ford-Firestone debacle; The Explorer was poorly designed and prone to rolling (moreso than other SUVs), The Firestone tyres fitted had a habit of delaminating, which caused a number of rollovers (but that wasn't the cause here) and finally, the roof pillars weren't even strong enough to support the weight of the car, so when it did roll, the roof crushed in on the occupants]