Another Life Threatening Incident with Toyota


On Monday, the California Highway Patrol received a 911 call from the owner of another Toyota vehicle that was speeding out of control.

James Sikes, the 61-year-old owner of a blue 2008 Toyota Prius, called 911 at 1:30 pm Monday to report that his car’s accelerator was stuck and that he couldn’t slow it down. The car was racing over 90 miles per hour eastbound on Interstate 8 near San Diego and the driver could do nothing to stop it.

The ordeal was quite a dramatic one with a highway patrolman racing next to Sikes talking with him over a loudspeaker about how to stop the car. Sikes reported that he could not turn the engine off or even put the car in neutral. During the incident, Sikes reported reaching down to the gas pedal and the floor mat was not in the way of the pedal. After Sikes was directed to use the brake and parking break, the highway patrolman had to put his patrol car in front of the Prius and slam on the brakes in order to slow the car down. The car finally came to a stop, after a 20 minute ordeal, without any injuries.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent an investigator to look at the car and Toyota sent their private investigator as well.

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