Tate Confirms Vehicle Involved in Hit-and-Run is Not Owned by Company

Baltimore, Maryland (October 18, 2009) - Tate Engineering Systems confirms vehicle involved in hit-and-run accident that killed a Johns Hopkins University student is not owned by the company.

The Baltimore Sun on October 18th reported that the vehicle involved in an accident that killed Johns Hopkins University student Miriam Frankl on October 16th bore a decal for Tate Engineering.

Tate Engineering has determined that the vehicle in question is not owned by the company, but had been sold with a number of other company vehicles in August or September 2008, and subsequently had been resold. A spokesperson for Tate Engineering explained that when the company's vehicles are retired, all corporate identification is routinely removed, but in the case of this vehicle, it is not certain if a decal remained or if a shadow of a former decal was visible.

Tate Engineering has also determined that the owner of the vehicle is not a current or previous employee of the company.

Daniel Liscinsky, president of Tate Engineering Systems, expressed his sympathy to the Frankl family and the Johns Hopkins University community on the tragic loss of a talented young woman and scientist.