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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2008Speeding car flies 200 feet, killing 5 young men
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22856248/ Speeding car flies 200 feet, killing 5 young men Traveling at high speed, car runs off embankment and goes airborne updated 12:27 p.m. MT, Sat., Jan. 26, 2008 OCALA, Fla. - A car traveling at high speed down a private airport runway ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree early Saturday, killing all five young men in the vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators did not know whether the BMW was alone or was racing another car on the air strip at the exclusive "fly-in" community of Jumbolair Aviation Estates, where pilot-actor John Travolta has a home, officials said. According to the preliminary investigation, the car ran off the 85-foot- high embankment at the end of the runway. When it struck the large tree, the car split in half, scattering wreckage over an area of 200 square feet. (snip) --------------------- It appears this happened on private property so it's hard for even me to condemn these clowns. Here are more details about the crash (including a photo of the wreck): http://www.local6.com/news/15144329/detail.html The kids were traveling in a 2008 BMW at a speed the police estimate was in excess of 100 MPH when they went airborne (off an elevated runway) and hit a large oak tree 15 feet above the ground. The crash occurred around 3:30 AM Saturday morning. They had just left a party. The five victims were between 18 and 20 years old. - Peter > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22856248/ > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > It appears this happened on private property so it's hard for even me to > condemn these clowns. > Here are more details about the crash (including a photo of the > wreck): [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> It appears this happened on private property so it's hard for even me >> to condemn these clowns. Evolution in action.  SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net >>> OCALA, Fla. - A car traveling at high speed down a private airport >>> runway ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before <snip> >>> (snip) >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Evolution in action. Hard to imagine such occurring in Florida. They are such safe and prudent drivers there. Oops, forgot my <sarcasm> tag. -- People don't confuse me with someone who gives a sh.t. Someone should sue the owner of the tree. They should have known this could happen and should have cut the tree down years ago. >Here are more details about the crash (including a photo of the wreck): > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> It appears this happened on private property so it's hard for even me to >> condemn these clowns. > Someone should sue the owner of the tree. They should have known this > could happen and should have cut the tree down years ago. [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Either that or a warning sign prior to the end of the runway alerting fool drivers to the tree. >> Someone should sue the owner of the tree. They should have known >> this could happen and should have cut the tree down years ago. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > Either that or a warning sign prior to the end of the runway alerting > fool drivers to the tree. paint a TARGET on the tree. A nice reflective target. I note not much happened to the tree. At least they didn't take anyone else with them. and who RACES with a carFULL of people? nothing like adding a weight penalty. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net got any car crime reports for Mars ? > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22856248/ > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > It appears this happened on private property so it's hard for even me to > condemn these clowns. |
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