correct e bra doesn't do anything it slow them down but is the accelerator like the accelerator stuck down or is it just this is every driver's nightmare come to life the car accelerates uncontrollably the autopilot malfunctions and their speed climbs past 100 mph 18-year-old Sam ducher and his mom are trapped in a ticking Time Bomb racing toward an uncertain fate all right we're going to try and get up there a little bit for you okay but when you so when when you hit the neutral button nothing Happ happens and when you hit how do you uh is a push button push button start okay can you just uh push the push button you still there Sam it doesn't shut off okay all right well we're going to try and get up there um I'm going to leave you on the phone while I'm driving okay okay um one second here trying to think what what caused it to start like that do you have any traffic in front of [Music] you okay all right we're trying to get up there but we're a little ways out okay all right I'm just going to have you on mute here while I'm driving all right police were aware of dutcher's route and knew there was a split road ahead realizing that time was running out I've had him try and shift it to neutral uh driveing I've tried to El so get the push button to stop it but it's uh not allowing it to shift or turn it off that's what he said um I'm wondering if we can get up just did the brake and just lock it up and all it's going to get hot but we at least got to get this next stop before it h 32 yeah I agree I'll see what I can to do here I'm going to put take tires off that should down make sure hit something up all right Sam still there you have the what we're going to try and do so he's not we're going to uh put some stop sticks out in front of you so the tires get popped so so what I need you to do is when we get them out there I want you to run them over on purpose okay um we're going to try and get him at Highway 9 but I don't know if we're going to get there in that time but um what uh so when you hit the brakes obviously nothing's happening if you hit the brakes nothing happens okay what if you hit the brakes and hit that neutral button okay all right um okay well I'm going to try and uh we're going to try and get some people in front of you to get those Stop Sticks okay but I'll let you the 734 reach the [Music] Fargo 782 and Fargo [Music] 769 where are you coming out you coming up to Highway 9 there's going to be like some red Tower like big towers all right we're I don't know we're going to get there in time to get those sticks out but okay are you able to push that e bra and just lock him up just push it slow is there okay 24 the brake uh doesn't work [Music] either [Music] sh I'm going did not deploy any stop [Music] sticks 37 774 good you guys have Stop [Music] Sticks stop hopefully help us on the county line if we get there 104 just advising I also attempted to call Sam call call Voice after R I'm on the [Music] 10 we're going to we're going to try and get ahead of you here but like I said we're trying our best here Sam [Music] okay got a trooper behind you then you we're going to try to send that Trooper in front to get stick though so the trooper is going to try and pass you okay yeah we're going to try and get past you and get those sticks put out but like I said we're going to I'll keep you up to date on it okay 37 how much gas does we have left what do you have left on your gas what how much gas is left Sam what's [Music] that 24 he's got 26 miles to empty [Music] [Music] can you try that neutral button again Sam I know you said it's not working but if you if you just apply the brakes a little bit and then hit that neutral nothing happens nothing and what kind of e BR do you have on that you just is it electric where you push a button and it turns it on it's a pedal okay and pushing the uh the push to start button does nothing [Music] okay I'm guessing your gas gas is going down slowly is the accelerator like the accelerator stuck down or is it just like can you push the accelerator like it's not stuck it's just stuck in the computer Wise It's electrically okay okay [Music] 37 still on the phone with how much gas have what are you down to in gas 34 miles it says 34 miles now but 29 in front of them just get steady so the trooper past you right I'm going to coming up right behind you but 37 have him trying to hit that e and it won't do anything correct e braake doesn't do anything I said it slows them down about 2 mph when that's it um and like I said he can't change it to neutral or hit the power off [Music] [Music] what's [Music] that so there's no fuel it's it say you're out of fuel or what okay what do you think we'll just laun place [Music] like j9 if that's your plan you don't have much room left before T so if you can do it go for it okay so he's going to try and get some sticks out so um make sure you hit those all right [Music] 290 you got about four miles and that's going so if you can get you front of it slow it down do it now otherwise we're just going to have to see what [Music] happens what's that g91 the one on the back of your car so I'll have 37 yeah 104 I think we're not going to be able to get six he's going too fast the back 290 you want him to just uh make contact with you and you slow for all right Sam what I want you to do is I want you to let your car go into the back of that trooper's car and he's going to hit the brakes he's going to try and slow you down okay 361 where are you guys at so what I need you to do is I need you to let your car run into that that trooper car he's going to try and slow you down so just just yes run into the back of his car we are 300 Street sitting back County 9 avue North Cy State unit put l on on the same channel are you able to do that Sam trying to get St 290 I'm going to be pulling up next to you I'll try to get in front of you and add a little extra bre power what's that I think the forward Collision isn't let them hit me we're slowing down just just let them do what they need to do just keep on the back of that okay if uh hold them hold them [Music] he stop Sam okay all right I'm going to hang up with you okay you got about four miles and that's going to T so if you can get in front of and slow down do it now otherwise we're just going to have to see what happens hey9 you want to go in the back of your car if so have 37 37 have them going the back this car 29 want contact with you and 361 where are you guys at copy State units go to ltac Once everybody's on the same channel Central 74 1066 checks we're trying to get the stopped 29 pulling up next to you I'll try to get in front of you to add a little extra break power I think the forward Collision isn't letting them hit me we're slowing [Music] down if uh hold them hold them hold them hold them first stop are we good 1040 need 600 oh that hit hard that was like it was slowing down slowing down and then it wasn't was it was now so right coup well there was one where there a motorcycle yeah there was it was and that's some like there's a like called County Road 17 out moris and I was like on 22 well it's probably over there and all a sudden this pass me at like 90 something that's got to be the one and begins to accelerate out of control yeah at one point that car topped out at 113 mph but then a quick-thinking State Trooper saved the day by placing himself In Harm's Way going to sound absolutely crazy but so we've been having problems with my car we took it to the shop um cuz we had an incident where the accelerator stuck and it went South for close to 40 miles over half an hour just east of Fargo and across the border into Minnesota the family of auto mechanic student Sam ducher says the 18-year-old was terrifyingly powerless behind the wheel of a 2022 Honda Pilot I had the initial thought that my kid was probably going to die I had Sam on radar uh at 113 and it was pretty much pinned at 112 113 I wasn't going to let them go off the tea at 113 miles an hour I truly believe um Sam would have died