Dodge Viper Crash 6-21-09

STL · #1 01-10-2010, 02:41 PM

When we had the Ranger Meet down in Branson last year on the way there we came to a bad crash on the highway

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The photographer(Paul K. Logsdon) and about 10 others witnessed the driver (about 30yrs old) passing cars at an estimated speed of 130 mph in the left lane. A driver unaware of the viper coming up fast went in to the left lane to pass a car causing the viper to go left into the medium from hitting the car passing. The viper lost control heading into on coming traffic hitting head-on the Honda CRV. The CRV driver woman was pinned and her baby was in a car seat. Baby was fine woman had no life threatening injuries. The Viper only hit the Honda CRV the other two cars. A ford 150 and unknown car connected trying to avoid the viper. The Driver of the Viper received a broken leg and possibly a broken jaw. His father owned the dealership and had just got the car in and his son took it out for a drive never driving a Viper before. The Driver of the Ford truck was able to drive away from the scene.

I found pictures from the wreak today just surfing around the internet.

These are my pictures from sitting in traffic for 1.5 hours

These are pictures from someone at the scene

Fx4wannabe01 · #2 01-10-2010, 02:43 PM

What's that line? More money than brains?

mb128 · #3 01-10-2010, 02:50 PM

and this exactly why i dont want a fast car

Jay FX4 · #4 01-10-2010, 02:51 PM

WTF? I understand wanting to go fast if you have a car like that - but not in the middle of traffic......

Pro Induction · #5 01-10-2010, 05:09 PM

i have a subaru as well as my ranger and its a decent car not hard to drive it normal but some people dont understand the concept of back roads or 2:00 in the mornin interstate runs instead of 5:00 traffic

blueovelboy · #6 01-10-2010, 05:29 PM

did dude live and was every one ok ?

greyghost · #7 01-10-2010, 05:30 PM

I've seen a few of these crashes in my 22 years of being in different fire departments and it's always the results of stupidity...........

Jay FX4 · #8 01-10-2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by blueovelboy

did dude live and was every one ok ?

"The Driver of the Viper received a broken leg and possibly a broken jaw."

I sure hope everyone else was okay, but I couldn't care less about the Viper *******. A grown man driving like a 16 year old kid in a stolen car gets no sympathy from me.

FoMoCo · #9 01-10-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01

What's that line? More money than brains?

no thats not it... more like spoiled car dealerships owners kid took it out for a joy ride not knowing how to handle it

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Originally Posted by mb128

and this exactly why i dont want a fast car

too tempted to speed? i have worked at several high end dealerships that handles such exotics at acura NSX, dodge vipers, porsche 911's, corvettes, jags, ferrari's, and there is a very fine line between driving them the correct way... this is a prime example on not driving it the right way

whippersnapper02 · #10 01-10-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01

What's that line? More money than brains?

Nah. The line is "You don't have to be smart to be Rich."

Tom · #11 01-11-2010, 12:44 AM

That guy is extremely lucky no one was killed...

TurdFX4 · #12 01-11-2010, 05:15 PM

good god, he's lucky noone was killed

I think I know how he wouldve got the broken jaw if I was involved in that wreck

richarddhoward · #13 01-11-2010, 05:27 PM

If that kid was mine I'd have shot the bastard. There is no reason to do that crap in traffic. 2 oclock on a back road go for it. I have driven a viper, they are fun as heck, but its way cooler to be the guy going slow looking at all the ladies that are looking at you then to nearly kill several people. Throw the book at him.

one1 · #14 01-11-2010, 06:11 PM

I don't mind if the idiot kills himself, but you or I or our family can be on that same highway and be in the cars he hit and that's where I WILL whip you arse in front of any cop that's willing to let me get a few good swings in before he cuffs me.

richarddhoward · #15 01-11-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by one1

I don't mind if the idiot kills himself, but you or I or our family can be on that same highway and be in the cars he hit and that's where I WILL whip you arse in front of any cop that's willing to let me get a few good swings in before he cuffs me.

Are you sure they'd stop you?