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THERE"S JUST NO STOPPING US NOW!!!

I dont know all the circumstances involved but I cannot understand how there were no brakes?

And there was no Key to turn off? No e Brake to hit? I know some of the newer cars dont have a key and wont let you drive with the ebrake on. but shit man i would be tryign to stop that thing before calling 911. I mean seriously what are they going to do.

120 is fast but if knew the end of the freeway was coming up I might take my chances abandoning vehicle? Jump out the frikken door, or were those disabled as well?

Wish i knew more about the circumstances

wow, whatever happened to shifting to the big "N" and then turning the car off after you stop?

SAN DIEGO – A harrowing 911 call made by a passenger in a fated Lexus that crashed seconds later and killed four people Aug. 28 was released Thursday by the California Highway Patrol.

In the 50-second tape, crash victim Chris Lastrella begins by telling the dispatcher: “We're in a Lexus ... we're going north (state Route) 125 and our accelerator is stuck.”

The dispatcher asks where they are passing, and Lastrella is heard asking someone in the car where they are. He exclaims: “We're going 120 (mph)! Mission Gorge! We're in trouble – we can't – there's no brakes, MissionGorge ... end freeway half mile.”

The dispatcher asks if they can turn the car off.

Lastrella doesn't answer and says repeatedly: “We are now approaching the intersection, we're approaching the intersection, we're approaching the intersection.”

The last sounds heard on the tape are someone saying “hold on” and “pray.” Lastrella says: “Oh shoot ... oh ... oh” Then a woman screams.

Killed in the crash were CHP officer Mark Saylor and his wife Cleofe who were both 45, their 13-year-old daughter Mahala, and Lastrella, 38, who was Cleofe Saylor's brother. All four lived in Chula Vista.

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

The car was a loaner from Bob Baker Lexus El Cajon.

Hill did not know if Saylor tried to shift the vehicle into neutral or turn it off – actions safety experts say may have been impossible if the car was experiencing a malfunction. The shut-off button on the car must be held for three seconds to turn the car off, experts said.

Dave Ezratty, vice president of Bob Baker Lexus El Cajon, said Wednesday that the dealer was refraining from commenting until the investigation into the accident is completed.

Investigators with the Nation Highway Safety Transportation Administration looked at the vehicle last week. Spokesman Ray Tyson said the agency got involved because of a 2007 recall involving after-market “all-weather” floor mats, including the Lexus ES 350.

The mats could slip if not properly installed and entrap the gas pedal, causing sudden acceleration.

The recall was intended to remedy the safety issue, Tyson said. Their investigation will determine whether there may be another safety defect that needs to be looked into, the spokesman said.

The sedan was traveling north on state Route 125 at 6:30 p.m in Santee when it entered the intersection at Mission Gorge Road and hit the rear of a Ford Explorer. The speeding Lexus went over a curb and through a fence and hit an embankment before becoming airborne, officials said.

The car hit the dirt in the San Diego River basin and rolled several times before bursting into flames. Officials with the Medical Examiner's office said all four died on impact of blunt force trauma.

Mark Saylor was a 20-year-veteran with the CHP assigned to the San Diego Area Field Office on Pacific Highway. As part of his job, he conducted safety inspections on tow trucks, armored trucks and ambulances.

Cleofe Saylor was a molecular biologist and senior research associate at Ambrax in La Jolla where she was involved in developing drug therapies for cancer and other diseases. Their daughter was about to start high school at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista and was a soccer team captain.

Chris Lastrella coached basketball and worked as an enrollment adviser at Ashford University in San Diego.

WOW!

Don't cops have to take special driving courses? Do they not show them how to stop a vehicle? This just doesn't make sense to me...

I have had the floor mat hang the gas pedal before and had return springs break on carbed motors and never had any thing worse happen than move the mat or shut it off and fix it, but who knows. Panic makes people do crazy things...

That vid has to be doctored. The guy in the car is too calm.. I suppose, with how stupid people are these days it could happen...

RideRed wrote:That vid has to be doctored. The guy in the car is too calm.. I suppose, with how stupid people are these days it could happen...

I kind of thought the same thing. With my impending doom approaching I think I could muster up a little more excitement.

Travis wrote:Don't cops have to take special driving courses...

Most cops couldnt find their asshole, with a funnel.

AlisoBob wrote:

Travis wrote:Don't cops have to take special driving courses...

Most cops couldnt find their asshole, with a funnel.

too true.

hmm....clicking into neutral never occurred? morons.....nature, running its course.......

AlisoBob wrote:

Travis wrote:Don't cops have to take special driving courses...

Most cops couldnt find their asshole, with a funnel.

You think cops are dumb...you should really meet some of the Correctional Officers I work with. Wanna be cops that are former military that have never held a real job in their life. When you mix self-rightious simpletons with military ego in a pretend "Law Enforcement" job...watch out

I cant even imagine.......