ever seen a car wreck happen?

[JackLord]

i've never seen anything major happen...but after watching this (below)...i'm sure someone has a story

holy fuck car wreck (from barstool a few days ago)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=593380573001
(supposedly the guy lived)

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Re: ever seen a car wreck happen?

ever seen a car wreck happen?

[LimeHawk]

Re: ever seen a car wreck happen?

Randy=Winner

BTW, I did see a crazy wreck on New Years Day this year. I was in Florida and I saw it happen in front of us on the highway. It almost seemed like was happening in slow motion.

[Hawker007]

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That was pretty amazing. I can't tell what happens to the main portion of the car though. It almost looks like it just disinegrates.

[pieces of eight]

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I've seen one happen before. It's weird because you think of all the action movies you've seen, and how people don't react the same way they do in the movies.

[illinijhawk]

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I just saw one last night. While playing softball, some woman tried to cross an intersection leaving the ball park, but didn't see the brand new BMW tooling along at about 40-50 mph (assuming from the posted speed limit along the road) from her right side. She pulled out and the BMW walloped her right on the passenger door. Sent her car skidding along and airbags deployed all around. Thankfully, no one was in the passenger seat of her car and everyone was OK.

I also saw my buddy roll his jeep down into a creek/riverbed driving down Boulder Canyon. We were driving behind him, he took a corner to sharp and viola, off the road he went into the water. Everyone was belted in and he had a full roll cage so thankfully only a few cuts and bruises and wetness.

[Hoopo]

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I saw a doozy at 11th and Kentucky c. 2000. An elderly woman was legally turning south onto KY when a 1995 280 ZX ran the red light and slammed into her passenger side door, crumpling the entire right side of the car and crushing the front end of the ZX. The old lady's car was turned to the left, where it rolled across 11th until it hit a utility pole and stopped. The woman was in complete shock, as myself and a few others jumped out our cars and ran over to her.

As we stood next to her car, the teenage-college age girl who was responsible for the calamity shrieked "MY CAR! MY CAR!". The girl was uninterested in the older woman, instead moved to hysterics over her ruined pretty car. I wanted to slap her, but the cops arrived.

[samandbendrivemetodrink]

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I haven't seen any major car accidents but I did witness a little boy (about 10 years old) get hit by a van. We were sitting at Taco Grande in Wichita eating (I was also about 10 at the time) and the little boy at the table next to us got up to run to a store across the street. For some reason, I followed him with my eyes the whole way....he ran right out into traffic in the middle of a busy road (Oliver, for those familiar with the area). He got drilled by a passenger van and went flying into the air.

His parents were sitting right next to me and hadn't noticed. I stammered something to my dad who alerted his parents and then ran out to help. Even though it was so long ago, I still remember all the details and the whole episode has stuck with me. I never found out what happened to him.

[markhawk]

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Saw one this past Sunday on the Turnpike.

UHaul truck towing a Jeep blows a tire and loses control, goes over/through the concrete barrier and slams into the guard rail on the far side of the opposite lanes. Had he gone through the rail like he did the barrier he would have ended up in El Dorado lake.

Out of control through 4 lanes of traffic, two in the opposite direction, and he didn't hit anyone. Only injury was a minor cut on the driver's arm.

[Hawker007]

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I don't know how Uhaul is still in business. Their inventory might be in the worst condition of any vehicle on the road. I have heard many stories about major accidents being caused because of a blown tire on a Uhaul vehicle or trailer. I would stay away from them, or at the very least do a thorough inspection, especially the tires.

[The Sprouting Divot]

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[quote author=Hoopo link=topic=672.msg7991#msg7991 date=1282841504]
1995 280 ZX
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The 280Z ceased production in the early to mid- '80s. The Z cars had the 3.0L engine and the 300 designation from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s.

From the left lane, I once saw a small pickup (S-10/Ranger sized) from the right-most lane on a 3 lane interstate try to pass a semi (center lane) on the right and then cut over into the middle lane too quickly. I had a front row seat for it, and I remember seeing what was about to happen even before the pickup hooked the left-rear corner of his bumper on the front-right bumper of the semi. I began slowing in anticipation of the wreck, but I was probably doing 80-85, as was the pickup, and the semi was doing about 70 or so.

The pickup spun counterclockwise in front of the semi for a half a rotation, then flipped/somersaulted/twisted/Triple Lindied across my lane and continued to pirouette through the median. It landed right side up, but it probably did a good 6 or 7 flips in the air.

I stopped, as did the semi driver, and went back to see if the guy was okay. He was dazed and had a little cut on his forehead, but wasn't too banged up really. I couldn't tell if he was just out of it from the wreck or if he might have been a little drunk (he wasn't shithammered, though he was a pretty crummy driver--I had noticed him making a couple of inexplicable/illogical/ill-advised moves prior to his coup de grace). I gave my account to the state trooper who arrived on the scene (cell phones were still somewhat of a novelty at the time) and went on about my business.

[Hoopo]

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[quote author=The Sprouting Divot link=topic=672.msg8019#msg8019 date=1282848429]
[quote author=Hoopo link=topic=672.msg7991#msg7991 date=1282841504]
1995 280 ZX
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The 280Z ceased production in the early to mid- '80s. The Z cars had the 3.0L engine and the 300 designation from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s.
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Yeah, I figured my memory of her 2-seater sports car was faulty. I remember it LOOKED like a 280Z. When she hit the old lady's sedan, her hot little Japanese car popped up and did a 45 degree turn in mid-air. That part seemed as if it was in slo-mo. That image, along with the elderly lady's dazed eyes and the girl's hysterical cries of "MY CAR! MY CAR!" is what I remember best.