A local woman with serious safety concerns about Toyota and Lexus cars said: "I had a fleeting thought that this may be the day I die," she told KATU news. Her case appears to be part of a string of crashes that caused the maker of both types of cars, Toyota Motor Sales, to initiate a recall of nearly 4 million Toyotas and Lexuses in early-October.
This Coast Guard released this audio recording of the Alaska Ranger's mayday call. (Note: the audio is very scratchy and at times unintelligible.)