awww fvck

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

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Originally Posted by The Associated Press

SANTEE, Calif. — Four people aboard a runaway car told each other to hold on and pray moments before their 911 call ended in screams and a fiery crash in San Diego County.

The police recording of the call details the disturbing last seconds of the Aug. 28 crash that killed a California Highway Patrol officer and three family members.

On the 50-second recording released Thursday, passenger Chris Lastrella tells the dispatcher that the accelerator is stuck. The dispatcher asks if they can turn the car off.

"We're in trouble. There's no brake," Lastrella said.

Someone tells the others in the car to hold on and pray, then woman screams and the call ends.

Witnesses said the weaving Lexus topped speeds of 120 mph before launching off an embankment and crashed and burst into flames in Santee.

Officer Mark Saylor, the driver, his wife Cleofe, their daughter Mahala, 13, and Lastrella were killed. Lastrella was Cleofe Saylor's brother.

A preliminary investigation indicated the accelerator may have become entrapped by a rubber floor mat, sheriff's Sgt. Scott Hill said.

Hill did not know if Saylor tried to shift the vehicle into neutral or turn it off, which might have been impossible if the car was experiencing a malfunction.

The car was a loaner from Bob Baker Lexus El Cajon. Company vice president Dave Ezratty refrained from commenting until the investigation is completed.

National Highway Safety Transportation Administration investigators looked at the vehicle because of a 2007 recall involving after-market "all-weather" floor mats which could slip and catch on the gas pedal, agency spokesman Ray Tyson said, adding the probe will determine whether there may be another safety defect.

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[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

you the fattest wobbit on ca.com

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

you the fattest wobbit on ca.com

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[TeZ 10+ year member]

hmm.. Cruisin for a bruisin I guess you could say

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

something similar used to happen on my nissan... except it was the clutch that got stuck and not the accelerator...

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

a couple years ago i changed the carb in my old camaro

took it down the street and pressed the gas and the gas got stuck

went to hit the breaks and there was no breaks

on top of that i had to make a 90 degree turn at around 50 or so

took it back to the house and found out there was a bad vaccum leak for the brakes

but i never figured out what happend to the gas staying on that day

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

i would of jumped out

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

I seen this on the news

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

a couple years ago i changed the carb in my old camarotook it down the street and pressed the gas and the gas got stuck

went to hit the breaks and there was no breaks

on top of that i had to make a 90 degree turn at around 50 or so

took it back to the house and found out there was a bad vaccum leak for the brakes

but i never figured out what happend to the gas staying on that day

Nice poem

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Poor guy didn't think to put it in neutral

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

e-brake, nuetrel, park, reverse, turn off the ignition, whatever.....how do you really not have an option to stop a car, or atleast slow it down?

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

e-brake, nuetrel, park, reverse, turn off the ignition, whatever.....how do you really not have an option to stop a car, or atleast slow it down?

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif dood panicked man i would have atleast plowed into something at slower speeds

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

You'd think a police officer would have thought of trying those options. Sad story.

 

[GLN305 10+ year member]

E-Brake?

 

[04lariat 10+ year member]

that car has one of them push putton start's.. you have to actually hold the button for about 3 seconds in order to turn the car off