We’re no strangers to wild and perplexing automotive crashes right here at Jalopnik, however this one may take the cake. A witness recorded a inexperienced Ford Mustang Mach-E with its hazard lights on, dragging in opposition to a Ok-Rail divider whereas the motive force seemed to be praying earlier than the barrier ended and the Mach-E veered throughout the street and t-boned a Mitsubishi Mirage.
The video was posted to TikTok by consumer Marty.Byrde3 who claimed to have recorded the incident on their drive to work within the Bay Space metropolis of San Carlos. When the digital camera captured the motive force of the crashing Mustang Mach-E, the motive force appeared to have each palms off the steering wheel, and as an alternative joined collectively in prayer. The motive force didn’t look like unconscious or incapacitated in every other approach that might trigger the incident, however because the Ok-Rail got here to an finish, the Mach-E immediately veered proper throughout a number of lanes of site visitors and t-boned a Mitsubishi Mirage. The consumer who recorded the incident stated that each drivers concerned within the collision escaped with out severe accidents.
What might trigger such a factor to occur?
The unique video was posted Thursday, and it already has practically 750,000 views on TikTok in the meanwhile. Nearer inspection confirmed that the Mach-E’s steering wheel was jiggling because the automotive dragged alongside the Ok-Rail, so it is unlikely that the steering was fully locked, and the Mach-E’s brake lights don’t illuminate all through the length of the video till it makes contact with the Mitsubishi Mirage.
It appeared that the Mach-E had a brief paper license plate within the rear which is issued by the state of California for newly bought autos, and it nonetheless had the short-term registration sticker on the windshield so it was probably a current bought. Dragging a automobile in opposition to a barrier is a logical technique to gradual a automotive down if it is uncontrolled, however the circumstances on this video have been very unusual. Carscoops stated, “In important conditions like this, drivers can try an emergency cease by repeatedly urgent the parking brake button, although it is unknown whether or not that was tried.”
Ford advised us that it’s investigating the incident and California Freeway Patrol stated in a Fb publish that it decided the automobile was not working in an autonomous driving mode, and that the motive force was arrested beneath suspicion of driving beneath the affect.
