Woman's Kia Sorento Gas Pedal gets Stuck Sending her on a 120mph Horror Ride

Given the sticky situation she was in, Lauri Ulvestad of Ames, Iowa, should consider herself extremely lucky for making it out alive when the accelerator pedal of her 2011 Kia Sorento crossover got jammed as she was driving up Interstate 35 in Missouri last week.

The 47-year old woman told KCCI-TV in Des Moines that she tried everything from turning off the key, to shifting out of drive and slamming on the brakes, but nothing worked.

"I knew I was going to die," said Ulvestad. "I didn't have any doubt about. I really thought I was going to die ... and no matter what I did, I couldn't slow it down."

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Kia Announces 2013 Sorento Facelift for Europe, Releases More Details

As anticipated, the refreshed 2013 Kia Sorento SUV will make its world premiere at the upcoming Paris Motor Show in France this September.

While Kia didn't release any new pictures this time (the ones you see here are and which accompanied the press blurb are the same as the ones shown in June), the Korean company provided information about the changes under the hood.

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Meanwhile in Motorcycle Land…Some You Dodge, Some You Don't

Riding a motorcycle can be fun, but it can also be dangerous, and since bikers are not as near as protected as drivers and passengers of an automobile in the event of an accident, they need to extra vigilant while driving on the road.

In our first video, which looks like it was filmed somewhere in Europe (if you think you know where, tell us in the comments), we have a rider of Kawasaki Z100 trying to overtake an older Kia Sorento on a turn when a BMW X5 SUV driver from the other side of the road enters the lane and clips his foot.

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