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Probe raises questions about drivers’ description of runway Prius

Published: Sunday, March 14, 2010

Updated: Sunday, March 14, 2010 22:03

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AP Photo/Seth Wenig

In this March 10, 2010 file photo, a 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York. Police said Friday, March 12, Toyota is sending an engineer to help investigate a suburban New York accident in which the driver said her Prius accelerated on its own and slammed into a stone wall.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver's story.

 

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