from the Chicago Tribune:
Crash reports tell of horror
Sudden and unexpected speed is a common thread in accounts of fatal wrecks involving Toyota vehicles, some of which haven't been recalled.February 28, 2010
'Look of terror' Umni Suk Chung screamed, "No brakes! No brakes! No brakes!" as her Lexus RX330 sped along the shoulder of the 10 Freeway in West Los Angeles on a deadly collision course.
Chung's luxury SUV was going nearly 80 mph when it smashed into a Mercedes sedan on the Overland Avenue exit ramp. The Lexus overturned, killing Chung's sister-in-law, Esook Synn, who was seated in the back seat. Chung and another passenger were badly injured.
A woman who said she witnessed the accident said that she could see a "look of terror" in Chung's face just moments before the Dec. 15, 2008, crash.
"They looked like they lost control of the car. The car did not look like it was decelerating at all, as if the accelerator was stuck or something," the woman wrote on the Los Angeles Fire Department website.
Chung and Synn, both Torrance residents, had been returning to work at a real estate office after having lunch at a Korean restaurant. ..........(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-toyota-deaths-mainbar28-2010feb28,0,3573560.story