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Title: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: makattak on August 24, 2010, 10:18:12 AM
This guy shouldn't be alive. He's in critical condition at the hospital.

Judging from the video, he should be in multiple hospitals.

http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/video:-i-675-crash-caught-on-tape
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: roo_ster on August 24, 2010, 10:34:30 AM
I must have missed the part of the wreckage that could possibly have housed a full-grown human.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: brimic on August 24, 2010, 10:41:39 AM
Wow!
I hope he lives long enough to one day tell his grandkids about the time he helicoptored a car into the side fo a bridge. :laugh:
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: HankB on August 24, 2010, 10:44:34 AM
I must have missed the part of the wreckage that could possibly have housed a full-grown human.
That was my thought, too, but the the voice-over on TV said the driver ended up in the opposite lane; there must have been a bigger hunk of debris that went off to the left that was obscured by dust, at least from the viewpoint of the dashcam.

Probably one of the most spectacular crashes I've seen . . . even with no fireball.

Linked story said it shut down the highway for 6 hours . . . which is absurd. Ambulance run and cleanup shouldn't have taken more than a couple of hours at most.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: vaskidmark on August 24, 2010, 11:11:00 AM
They needed pictures with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back describing the approach angle, the getaway, and most important the scene of the crime.

They probably also brought out those laser survey things that the accident reconstruction team uses to explain in minute detail why Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again, as well as how fast he was going just before he attepted to defy the laws of physics and gravity.

If he survives, he ought to sue the state and the highway engineer who dreamed up that vertical bump part just before the overpass.  If the median had followed its original contour all he would have done is accordioned into the base of the overpass, where they could have collected him the next time the litter patrol passed through the area, instead of going airborn sideways.

stay safe.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Jocassee on August 24, 2010, 11:33:23 AM
I didn't see any brake lights at all. I have a hard time believing someone would be doing that speed through the median on purpose--goes beyond normal teenage recklessness. Stuck accelerator maybe?
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 24, 2010, 11:39:31 AM
i think if you look he ends upon the shoulder of the road infront of the car that barely stops in time to not hit him.  seen a few bodies ejected , usually on bikes,  and it looked like one
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Stetson on August 24, 2010, 11:40:37 AM
Watch the right side of the video right after impact.  You can see the driver fly/slide across the highway and stop just in front of a car that has to slam on its brakes to avoid hitting him.

Im not sure of the model of the car, but I'm guessing it doesn't have air brakes, so why do the brake lights come on when he is in the air?
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: TommyGunn on August 24, 2010, 12:11:33 PM
 :O

I haven't seen anything like that since Knight Rider was cancelled --- and atleast Hasselhoff always managed to land right. [tinfoil]

Anyone know why that nimrod drove off into the median like that?    ???
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 24, 2010, 12:12:20 PM
driving in excess of skill
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: TommyGunn on August 24, 2010, 12:13:39 PM
driving in excess of skill
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:  True that!
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: HankB on August 24, 2010, 12:15:14 PM
They needed pictures with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back describing the approach angle, the getaway, and most important the scene of the crime.

They probably also brought out those laser survey things that the accident reconstruction team uses to explain in minute detail why Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again, as well as how fast he was going just before he attepted to defy the laws of physics and gravity.
More likely, Krispy Kreme was quite some distance away and they had to arrange for a delivery. Perhaps several.

. . . Anyone know why that nimrod drove off into the median like that?    ???
Maybe it just seemed like a good idea at the time . . . (Wonder if his car had side airbags?)
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: TechMan on August 24, 2010, 12:20:45 PM
I saw this on the local morning news,  This happened in the Dayton metro area and a few weeks ago in the Cincinnati metro area a 16 or 17 year old was clocked doing 120MPH.  The OHP was following the 16/17 year old (no lights or siren) and the kid sped up again and crashed in to a semi-truck that was in the inside emergency lane.  That kid was doing 100+ MPH and died.  They must think that they are indestructible.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: roo_ster on August 24, 2010, 12:50:49 PM
And it seems our choir boy was squeaky clean before this had a record:
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/greene_county/eden-arrested-and-released-before-crash
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: TechMan on August 24, 2010, 02:05:27 PM
And it seems our choir boy was squeaky clean before this had a record:
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/greene_county/eden-arrested-and-released-before-crash


That explains a lot.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: griz on August 24, 2010, 02:15:11 PM
The shame of it is that unless he has a Come to Jesus moment after his recovery, his luck in surviving will have been wasted by his determination to do incredibly stupid things.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 24, 2010, 02:16:51 PM
Ooooooh!  Oooooooh!  Can we blame the War On Drugs?  Please, please, please can we blame the War On Drugs?!
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 24, 2010, 02:17:21 PM
The shame of it is that unless he has a Come to Jesus moment after his recovery, his luck in surviving will have been wasted by his determination to do incredibly stupid things.

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 24, 2010, 03:06:59 PM
Ooooooh!  Oooooooh!  Can we blame the War On Drugs?  Please, please, please can we blame the War On Drugs?!


i was gonna go with "who can blame this on the jbt!" myself   where is the monkey?
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: KD5NRH on August 24, 2010, 03:12:49 PM
A few stills:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1305694/Moment-Pontiac-Firebird-hits-Ohio-bridge-100mph-overtaking-patrol-car.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Jamisjockey on August 24, 2010, 03:15:24 PM
They needed pictures with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back describing the approach angle, the getaway, and most important the scene of the crime.

They probably also brought out those laser survey things that the accident reconstruction team uses to explain in minute detail why Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again, as well as how fast he was going just before he attepted to defy the laws of physics and gravity.

If he survives, he ought to sue the state and the highway engineer who dreamed up that vertical bump part just before the overpass.  If the median had followed its original contour all he would have done is accordioned into the base of the overpass, where they could have collected him the next time the litter patrol passed through the area, instead of going airborn sideways.

stay safe.

Why?  That should be designed for highway speeds, not for whatever speed a moron in a souped up car decides to do.  Over-engineering based on the stupidity of the massess should be deemed unnecessary.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: KD5NRH on August 24, 2010, 03:20:17 PM
"Troopers are investigating what role, if any, speed played in the incident."

Um, duh?

Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Viking on August 24, 2010, 03:28:22 PM
"Troopers are investigating what role, if any, speed played in the incident."

Um, duh?


I'm sure than an old lady with a walker would've fared just the same. ;/
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: eyebrows on August 24, 2010, 04:06:59 PM
They needed pictures with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back describing the approach angle, the getaway, and most important the scene of the crime.
You forgot the aerial photography. Thanks now it's stuck in my head.. you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.. exceptin Alice.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: AJ Dual on August 24, 2010, 04:16:32 PM
I still think the guy who hit the landscaping berm at 100mph+ went 172 feet over a parking lot, then hit the fourth floor of an apartment building, putting a dent in the concrete wall still gets the prize.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on August 24, 2010, 04:19:24 PM
couple decades ago some guy vanished in the dc area  he was found where 95 south spits at the beltway in beltsville  he was 40 feet upin a tree the road spits  he went straight at some fraction of mach and he and bike went into the trees since the road there is higher than the surrounding are.  took him a month to be found  they found the bike first
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Fly320s on August 24, 2010, 07:02:31 PM
I still think the guy who hit the landscaping berm at 100mph+ went 172 feet over a parking lot, then hit the fourth floor of an apartment building, putting a dent in the concrete wall still gets the prize.
I had to find that video, so I did.

News report of aftermath, no live video, but still WOW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqFg9kt4DHI&feature=fvst
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: RaspberrySurprise on August 24, 2010, 09:11:30 PM
And ships named Enterprise.
Title: Re: "The Lord protects children and fools"
Post by: Boomhauer on August 25, 2010, 12:07:25 AM
http://www.current-movie-reviews.com/off-beat/2010/08/24/ohio-car-crash-video-brennan-eden-suicide-attempt/

See the last line:
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Fortunately doctors are expecting him to recover for the most part.

*expletive deleted*. Darwin is thrawted once more! This is one dumbass the world would have been better off without. Endangering innocent citizens...




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I must have missed the part of the wreckage that could possibly have housed a full-grown human.

Back when Dad was working construction (early 80s for this incident), he got to see the aftermath of a drunk hitting a bridge pillar at high speed. Nothing left of the Corvette. The drunk? Strapped into his seat, not a scratch on him. Weird stuff happens in crashes, that's for sure.