NHTSA Complaint #10428902 — 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND AFTER THE INITIAL CONTACT OPERATOR TRIED TO STOP HER VEHICLE BUT IT WOULDN'T STOP. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS. SHE STATED THAT SHE TRIED HER BRAKES, TRIED PUMPING HER BRAKES, TRIED PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED THE BRAKES AGAIN BUT NONE OF THESE ACTIONS STOPPED HER VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. SHE STATED THAT SHE THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TRIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. SHE STATED THAT AT THAT POINT SHE MADE THE DECISION TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE SUFFERING LACERATIONS TO BOTH HER LEGS. SHE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED FORWARD AND FINALLY CAME TO REST ON SIDEWALK AND LAWN OF A RESIDENCE. WHILE RESPONDING MEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE TREATING THE ACCIDENT VICTIM, A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REACHED IN VEHICLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED ROLLING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND IN PARK. *TR