Feds Point to Stuck Gas Pedal in Lexus Crash

Federal investigators have found a stuck accelerator played a significant role in the crash of a Lexus that killed a CHP Officer and three family members on state Route 125. On Sept. 26, off-duty CHP officer Mark Saylor, 45, was driving a Lexus ES 350 on SR-125. Witnesses reported seeing a Lexus weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed. Saylor tried to make a left turn, but he was going too fast and struck a Ford Explorer. The Lexus broke through a fence and struck a dirt embankment, catapulting it through the air more than 100 feet. Saylor; his wife, Cleofe, 45; their daughter, Mahala, 13; and his brother-in-law Chris Lastrella, 38, died in the Aug. 28 crash.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a new report that during inspection, "removal of the mat was difficult because the bottom edge of the accelerator pedal had melted to the upper right corner of the mat. Further inspection of the mat revealed that while it was a Lexus brand mat, it was not the "correct application" for the vehicle, the report showed. The mat in the crashed Lexus was made for a Lexus RX400h, according to the report.

- NBC News San Diego

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