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It's not accidental acceleration, though. The driver had the accelerator pressed 100%.
You can't gather intent necessarily from the data. Someone else also suggested they mistook the accelerator for the brake. No reports seem to mention if the driver was impaired but I doubt it's normal for someone to attempt vehicular suicide stone-cold sober