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2005 TOYOTA PRIUS — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash · 1050484 · 2014-03-28

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
PRIUS
Year
2005
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WE WERE DRIVING JUST NORTH OF COOS BAY, OREGON WHEN A BIG TRUCK WITH THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER [XXX] CARRYING A TRAILER WITH THE LICENSE PLATE [XXX] CLIPPED THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE OF OUR CAR WHILE WE WERE FORCED TO CHANGE LANES BECAUSE OF THE LANE ENDING. I HAD MY BLINKER ON FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE AHEAD OF HIM UNTIL HE SPED UP AND CLIPPED US. HE THEN SPED UP AND CUT US OFF AND DROVE AWAY VERY QUICKLY. IT WAS RAINING AND WE WERE ON THE 101 IN OREGON AND HE WAS GOING AT LEAST 80 MPH BECAUSE WE WERE GOING AROUND 65 AND HE WAS PULLING AWAY FAST. SINCE IT WAS A SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY WE STAYED BEHIND HIM LONG ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO PULL OVER, BUT THE SECOND HE GOT THE CHANCE, HE CHANGED LANES AND CUT OTHERS OFF IN ORDER TO GET AWAY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10575398
Machine
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