Toyota steps up effort to rebut runaway Prius
Toyota isn't calling James Sikes of Jacumba a liar. But it came close yesterday, holding a news conference that was covered worldwide to challenge his story that his 2008 Prius sped out of control for about 20 minutes on Interstate 8. Ref. Source 5
Feds can't explain Prius incident on I-8
Two months after a Jacumba man made international news by alleging that his 2008 Prius barreled out of control on an East County freeway for 20 minutes, federal transportation officials said they"re still at a loss to explain what happened. Ref. Source 4