{"id":688095,"date":"2010-03-10T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T00:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=52825"},"modified":"2010-03-10T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T00:47:24","slug":"runaway-toyota-prius-owner-is-a-corvette-owners-club-member-911-call-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/688095","title":{"rendered":"Runaway Toyota Prius owner is a Corvette Owners Club member, 911 call released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52826 aligncenter\" title=\"James Sikes - Runaway Toyota Prius\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/james_sikes_toyota_prius_runaway.jpg?resize=563%2C228\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been watching the news recently, you&#8217;ve probably heard James Sikes frantic 911 call that he made while his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/03\/09\/nhtsa-to-join-toyota-on-runaway-prius-investigation-no-new-recall-for-prius\/\">Toyota Prius was stuck going 94 mph<\/a> on a San Diego highway.<\/p>\n<p>While watching a segment about the whole incident on the <em>FoxNewsChannel<\/em>, we noticed that Sikes was wearing a Corvette Owners Club jacket, meaning he&#8217;s a member of the most exclusive auto club in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re guessing Sikes will stick to driving his &#8216;Vette while his Prius is being investigated by Toyota and NHTSA.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hit the jump for the video to hear Sikes&#8217; call to 911<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-52825\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dOMcmPNbpZY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e4ZgF5xbY2ia5QDGklckov6xPzw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e4ZgF5xbY2ia5QDGklckov6xPzw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e4ZgF5xbY2ia5QDGklckov6xPzw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e4ZgF5xbY2ia5QDGklckov6xPzw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=8R1TRQ_Mtm0:zx16Pcm-Kfg:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been watching the news recently, you&#8217;ve probably heard James Sikes frantic 911 call that he made while his Toyota Prius was stuck going 94 mph on a San Diego highway. 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