Sam Dutcher says he had finished running errands when his Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated over 100 mph, eventually forcing authorities to coordinate a controlled crash in the western Minnesota countryside to save the 18-year-old. A Honda spokeswoman on Thursday declined to speculate on what might have gone wrong and said the family should take the vehicle in to a dealership so that an inspection could be done. Dutcher says the brake wouldn’t work and he couldn’t shift into neutral. A last-ditch plan averted disaster that September evening. Dutcher was told to crash into the rear of a squad car, allowing the Honda to safely stop moments before reaching a dangerous intersection.
