[TommyDale]

At a speed in excess of 90 miles per hour, any vehicle would have suffered the same consequences. Why bother to even mention the term 'SUV'?

[hunter112]

And you don't get thrown from a vehicle if you're wearing a belt, either.

[antiRepublicrat]

Why bother to even mention the term 'SUV'?

It should be "Ford Explorer" up there instead of SUV. Many SUVs are fairly safe, but the Ford Explorer, like the old F-150, is a deathtrap in an accident like this. But to Ford's credit, they're fairly safe now after the recent redesign.

[Chemist_Geek]

At a speed in excess of 90 miles per hour, any vehicle would have suffered the same consequences.

Not quite true... The consequences of the impact are changed by the vehicle design - a lower, more stable vehicle might not have flipped and so forth.

The bottom line, however, is that inappropriate driver behavior was the root cause of these deaths.