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Children and high roll over risk but we don't have how to turn a car off if it's accelerating out of control for example. >> you're going to see that. that is coming. >> reporter: it did not come in time for california highway patrol officer mark saylor and his family involved in a fatal crash. the officer may not have known about the three second shutoff rule in the lexus sedan he was driving. toyota denies it was a factor in the acceleration accident. it happened a week after wally's incident which he describes as frighteningly similar. did that accident val date what you yourself experience...

Cousin joe adoll asking why. >> it's absolutely devastating for everybody. it's hard for my aunt to really even go on about her life. >> reporter: mark saylor knew the rooz and been a highway patrol over. anybody could have stopped a runaway car, it was their friend. >> great on the brake and on the accelerator, knew how to control a car very well. i'm sure he did everything in his power to bring the car under control. >> reporter: the car didn't even belong to the saylors, it was a loaner they received that morning while their own car was being serviced. according to the sheriff's report, the...

Daughter growing up, real good kid. real loving and curious, wanting to know about everything. >> reporter: the head of toyota expressed sympathy for the deaths. now they hope the millions of recalls prompted by the traj gi will help save others. >> they are in a good place right now. >> reporter: do you believe that? >> absolutely. they are heroes and angels. >> reporter: as a result of the crash, toyota redesigned the floor mats in millions of vehicles and in some of them installed a brake override. if that had been in the car mark saylor was driving, he and his family would be alive today. ...

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