That’s what they used to say every time some old person drove over dozens of people and claimed he thought he hit the brake (for 10 blocks).
May not be foreign terrorists but I don’t buy it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash
yrs ago a creep claimed a "cough" blackout that made him do a 180 turn across a medium and struck a truck head on and killed 5 kids..he got away with it..rumor was there was a Mormon on the jury who wouldn't convict a fellow mormon.