VIDEO: A Roseville High School wrestling coach is sharing his story after a frightening early morning drive nearly turned deadly.
Onterrio Burris, 20, says he was heading home from Elk Grove Monday morning when his brakes suddenly gave out just a mile from his house. “I’m pushing it all the way down, like, to the floorboard. And there’s no brakes at all,” Burris recounted.
Burris, who relies on his vehicle to get to work and helps transport student-athletes to practices and matches, says he pushed the brake pedal to the floor, but nothing happened. Thinking quickly, he used his emergency brake to bring the car to a stop. But within moments, the situation escalated.
Burris says smoke began pouring through the vehicle’s air conditioning vents, and he could see flames inside the cab. He says he inhaled some of the smoke before jumping out and attempting to open the hood, but couldn’t get it open.
“I’m also super lucky that it didn’t lead to my rear end, because my gas tank was right there, and I had about a half a tank, and if that would have caught on fire, would have just blew up completely,” Burris said.
