[agere_contra]

You could sabotage the accelerator and the brake.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Or the driver could have been s*** faced or a wreckless, lousy driver who lost control and ended up killing himself in the process.

[saganite]

I was thinking more in terms of the car’s computer and apparently it’s not difficult to hack. Scary.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/can-your-car-be-hacked-feature

[varyouga]

“You could sabotage the accelerator and the brake.”

No need to even touch the vehicle. Sytems like “OnStar” have already been used to slow down or stop stolen cars. They are directly linked to the ECU (the car's brain).

There's no doubt that our spy agencies have the capability to take over the controls of such vehicles. Even the steering can be taken over on fully ‘drive-by-wire’ vehicles.

[Sacajaweau]

Put someone on his tail and play games....that can cause a crash....and the game player just drives away.

Any witnesses?? What a surprise??

[concerned about politics]

"Breaking news photographer Scott Lane happened to be less than a mile from the scene of the crash, and shot video of the fiery aftermath.

Video taken from his car’s dashcam also caught what appeared to be Hastings’ Mercedes minutes before the crash, speeding through a red light.

More than 30 seconds pass after Hastings’ car goes by, and no other cars pass through the intersection.

“There’s no cars that are following him,” Lane said. “He flies by and 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds goes by… No cars are following him.”

(KTLA5 TV)

(Associates are rumored to believe he was being chased by a drone - Internet chatter)