Second runaway Toyota Prius in two days, this time in upstate New York

The previous day, a California man said his 2008 Toyota Prius sped out of control on a California freeway. The man, 61, said his car accelerated beyond his control after he overtook another vehicle in San Diego County.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of both incidents and is investigating.

In the New York incident, the woman was driving on a long, curving driveway when the Prius accelerated beyond her control. She sped across a two-lane road, described as a “fairly busy” street.

She traveled 150 to 200 feet, he said, before the Prius’ front end struck the rock wall —  built with boulders weighing 500 to 1,000 pounds — with such force that it “hurled those boulders 10 or 15 feet away.”

Toyota recalled 2004-2009 Prius models last November as part of a wide-ranging safety recall to fix loose floor mats that can trap the accelerator and cause unintended acceleration. The New York woman had taken her car in for recall repairs.