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Wednesday, Mar. 10 2010 - Updated: 9:58 p.m.

James Sikes (far right) of Jacumba was driving his Toyota Prius home from Rancho Bernardo when the accelerator stuck. He fought it for approximately 35 miles before he finally stopped with the help of CHP officer Todd Niebert.

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Toyota techs, feds examine runaway Prius

Federal inspectors and Toyota technicians gathered around a 2008 Prius in El Cajon Wednesday to look for clues about why the car wouldn’t stop for miles, even though the ...

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In this combination of photos, each released by the respective family, Amber Dubois, left, and  Chelsea King, right, are shown. Police are investigating John Albert Gardner III, who pleaded not guilty Wednesday March 3, 2010 to the murder of Chelsea King, in the disappearance of Dubois, a 14-year-old who vanished a year ago while walking to school.  (AP Photo/Courtesy of Dubois and King families)

Stolen Lives: Amber Dubois and Chelsea King

Complete coverage of the deaths of two girls bound in tragedy.

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