Investigation pulls up the mat on runaway Toyotas

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.

Listen to the full distress call

This call was released Thursday by the U.S. Coast Guard. Several gaps of silence have been edited out.