“WE’RE going north on 125 and our accelerator is stuck… We’re going 120 [mph ]… There’s no brakes… We’re approaching the intersection! Hold on! Pray!”
The desperate words are followed by shouts, screams and then silence. The clip, circulating on the internet, is a harrowing excerpt from a 911 emergency call made shortly before the crash that killed speaker Chris Lastrella and the three others in the car, which accelerated out of control on a highway in San Diego, California, in August 2009. The case is one of the most infamous examples of what has been termed sudden unintended acceleration…
