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Despite CHP officer's vehicle safety training, he couldn't control runaway Lexus
Indication Saylor, 45, was known as a stickler for detail in the California Highway Guard, where he had served for years as a patrol officer and more recently as a carrier safety inspector.But his life was cut short when the Lexus ES 350 he was driving accelerated out of control, an proceeding that may be related to similar crashes involving improperly positioned floor mats in determined Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
Along with Saylor, three members of his next of kin died in the horrific Aug. 28 crash. Saylor's old lady, Cleofe Lastrella, 45; the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Mahala; and Cleofe's relative, Chris Lastrella, 38, perished when the car slammed into another agency and then careened into a dirt embankment in San Diego County.
The rapid loss of the entire family has left