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Deigo, the 2008 prius went out of control. the 911 tapes were released a short time ago. listen. >> how fast are you going? >> 80 something. >> youre going 80 miles an hour? >> maybe more now. >> 81? and its still stuck? >> yes. >> today the driver described what it was like trying desperately to stop the car. heres ted rolands. >> reporter: were with jim sykes, the gentleman that was in his prius down in san diego county saying that the accelerator, jim, suddenly just took on a life of its own....

Not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. up close tonight, a terrifying ride inside a run away prius. federal investigators are looking into a new report of sudden acceleration involving a toyota model. the company has recalled millions of its cars due to the problem, as you know. so far the only priuses recalled are those with braking problems. but on interstate 8 outside san diego, the prius went out of control, th...

Out of control on a california freeway at speeds topping 90 miles an hour. authorities have released the dramatic call made by the driver in that car. nbcs miguel almaguer joins us in burbank. miguel, tell us more about the 911 call and the investigation at this point. >> reporter: cameron, james sykes says he was driving his prius on interstate 8 outside of san diego when he lost control of the car. he says he was going about 55 miles per hour. when he tried to pass another car, thats when he...

Miles and 20 minutes. mr. sipes says he was going about 55 miles per hour on interstate 8 just outside of san diego when he tried to pass another driver, then he says his car simply became just -- ran away. he lost control of it. it passed several other cars in a few minutes, chp, california highway patrol, cruiser was able to pull alongside and shouted over a loudspeaker, p.a. system, to give him instructions to step on the brake and to pull the emergency brake, try to put the car in neutral. s...

14 minutes after the hour. we are following a developing story for you this morning. a new terrifying account of a runaway ride in a toyota. >> the company is sending investigators to california where this happened. the driver claims he almost through over a hill down an embankment powerless to get the vehicle to stop no matter what he did. the prius was recalled not for accelerator issues. >> yeah, for breaks. so whether this is opening up a whole new can of worms is to be determined. if this i...

Issues. deb is following the latest. he claims he was literally standing on brakes and couldnt stop the prius. >> that is not first time somebody used that description to describe how to stop their vehicle. if it is sudden acceleration, toyota has a car they can analyzed to see exactly whats going on. the driver was cruising east on interstate 8 when he tried to slow to pass another vehicle. well sikes pushed down on pedal and says it does something kind of funny. it wouldnt come back. the car a...

>> reporter: wolf, we are with jim sikes who is the gentleman in his 2008 prius down here in san diego county when it went out of control when the accelerator, jim, apparently took on a life of its own. explain what happened. >> that is exactly what happened. i was actually heading east on our interstate 8 in san diego, and i was pushing the gas, little extra, and in fact, very hard, to pass a car that was coming on the freeway. and as i did that, it just, the gas pedal felt weird and it went al...

From sticking down the accelerator pedal. federal investigators are headed to the scene to take a look at the vehicle and try to determine exactly what happened. as you indicated, 35 miles along the winding stretch of interstate 8 yesterday. this driver, james sipes, tried to control his car. he called 911. and had the help of a california highway patrol officer. here is what the officer and the driver had to say about what happened next. >> when i was getting up to the car, when i saw him, i co...

News. >> reporter: federal investigators are headed to the scene and we just learned toyota says that now 2,000 -- 2004 to 2009 priuses will be recalled to prevent future pedal entrapment. what happened in this case, the driver of this 2008 prius fought it for something -- like 35 miles along a winding stretch of interstate 8 before he finally stopped with the help of the california highway patrol. at one point james sipes says his prius reached 94 miles an hour and sipes says it happened just t...

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