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Stuck accelerator causes woman to lose control of car

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    Dashcam video, 911 call released

  • Duration 2:45
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Well police chasing a car down an Iowa highway at speeds reaching over 100 miles an hour.

But the driver was not trying to escape from the officers instead she says she could not get her -- is -- now.

Trace Gallagher live -- -- West Coast newsroom with more on that.

If -- -- And negative 47 year old -- almost -- says that she went fifteen and nine miles in 35 minutes at speeds upwards of a 110 miles per hour she says that she was driving her 2011.

He has a -- go down I 35 in Missouri when -- gas pedal stuck at.

Full throttle she called her husband.

He didn't know what to do then she called 911 and as soon as you see in the dash cam video state troopers caught up to her and -- trying to get cars to clear out of the way.

She tried the brakes didn't work she tried to put the car to neutral no -- even tried to turn the car off now the police just.

Minutes ago sent -- the 911 call she made we haven't had time to turnarounds -- is gonna play for you live right here listen to this.

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Reported the company.

Okay.

Aren't you enabling your break at all.

Okay hadn't quite.

-- have you put your car in neutral.

And that well.

-- -- -- -- -- -- And the troopers had to drive off of the highway to avoid other cars and at one time she even drove through a construction area the police station did a great job.

As you can see here the car she says finally just stop the -- -- -- you put it into new control.

And turned the car off she said it had a push button ignition so she couldn't turn it off.

And she really was at a loss the cops say she really did do a great job of handling this we reached out to Kiev for a comment and they said I'm quoting here.

Our technicians have been on able to duplicate the issue.

And this appears to be an isolated incident again the cops say she did a great job but a lot a lock on her side that traffic was -- And this thing didn't go on longer she also had a full tank of gas -- and so it could have gone on for hours.

Wow as she SATA remarkably composed on that -- -- one call given what she was going through I mean you I mean I know what I would sound like that warm if it.

Yet it did was it was two minutes long and there were times there she was kind of freaking out like and just so scared and nothing's working on trying everything that went on and on -- boy.

Really for what went but she went through very calm.

-- and went our viewers asked that -- -- don't -- just when folks in the situation -- in neutral and then turn the property herders say.

She was able to get it in neutral -- budge Trace Gallagher thank you --

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