Escape XLT 3.0L V6

• Automatic transmission
• 74,000 miles

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Driving car down the street..pressed the gas pedal but the light turned yellow so i took foot off gas and onto brake pedal. The car surged at full throttle through the red light. My foot was NOT on the gas pedal. The street was clear in front of me so I had a few seconds to try to fix the problem. I put the car in NEUTRAL but the car continued to accelerate. I was shocked that this did not fix the problem and went into panic mode.
I shifted the car into Reverse and even Park (which normally isnt possible) but the car continued to speed down the road and almost through another red light. My foot was on the brake pedal the whole time but it did nothing. I decided as a last ditch attempt to stop the vehicle from accelerating to try putting my foot under the gas pedal because it was acting like it was stuck to the floor. However I could lift the gas pedal up easily but it would fall immediately back to the floor like it was not connected to anything anymore.
I was about to enter another intersection so turned right and had to avoid a lady in a wheelchair crossing the street. The car ended up crashing into a sidewalk, hit 2 trees, flipped upside down, and hit a parked car. This was a terrible accident and my wife and I were very lucky not to have been killed. The car was totaled and it has been hard to find investigators or attorneys to help us because we were miraculously not severely hurt by this mechanical failure.