The accelerator is described in the article. The brake is not but that just indicates he is not thinking of covering all his bases.
What does it buy him to lie about it? Wierd things happen. As they say, truth is stranger than fiction.
It blames his stupidity on running his car into the pond on his equally stupid story that the dog did it. Either way he is incredibly stupid and not in control of his vehicle. Why do you take up for him so much? Was it you?