An few weeks ago I wouldn’t want to believe that the federal government is spying on essentially the entire country, either.
I’m a firm believer in Occum’s Razor - the simplest answer is most likely the correct answer.
But from what I’ve been reading about Hastings in the weeks before the accident and the descriptions of the accident itself, the simplest answer does seem to be that someone wanted Hastings gone, permanently.
We're talking about automotive electronics here, though.