Toyota Sienna Minivan Plunges Off Houston Parking Garage, Killing Driver

Raw video from CBS affiliate KHOU-TV

At 8:45 this morning, a man drove his Toyota Sienna minivan off an upper floor of the Honeywell parking garage....landing upside down and killing him.

The Sienna isn't involved in any of the Toyota recalls, and the driver isn't here to claim unintended acceleration, admit to stepping on the wrong pedal, confess to blackouts or suicidal thoughts or any of a dozen possible reasons the van might have gone forward with enough force to snap the safety cables that keep cars from taking the steep dive, but authorities will be poring over the evidence attempting to determine a cause.  Full details from The Houston Chronicle.

100 Cars Disabled By Remote Control

More than 100 customers of a Texas used car dealership found their cars disabled or their alarms going off uncontrollably this week.

They'd signed up for a system that allows for remote electronic reminders that their payments were due...but a ticked-off fired employee allegedly hacked his way into the system and got his revenge.

Wired has the story here.