Quick-thinking law enforcement officers in northern Minnesota were able to stop a Honda Pilot that apparently malfunctioned, leaving the teen driver racing uncontrollably toward a dead-end.
On the night of Tuesday, Sept. 17, Minnesota State Patrol says 18-year-old Sam Dutcher from North Dakota was driving his Honda Pilot in northern Fargo when something went wrong with the vehicle."I had initially thought that my kid was probably going to die," Sam’s mother Catherine told FOX 9 on Tuesday.Troopers say the driver was unable to stop, use the emergency brake, put the transmission in neutral, or even turn the vehicle off. At the same time, the vehicle kept accelerating.
The situation became more dire as the vehicle approached a dead end at a "T" intersection.With not enough time to deploy stop sticks or other devices to slow down the car, Trooper Gruver pulled in front of the runaway vehicle and, with Deputy Johnson, the trooper told the teen driver to hit his squad vehicle.Using his squad as a pace vehicle, they were able to bring the runaway vehicle to a full stop.Amazingly, no one was hurt in the incident.
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