# Spectacular Car Crash! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797 "2019-02-01T17:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/1 "2019-02-01T17:41:22Z")
Heard about this too early this morning and looked up the photos. > **[NHP identifies 28-year-old man killed in crash on U.S. 50 near Dayton](https://mynews4.com/news/local/gallery/fatal-crash-in-dayton-on-us-50-at-fortune-dr#photo-2)** > > The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a 28-year-old man who died in a crash on U. S. 50 near Dayton on Friday, Feb. 1. According to the NHP, at about 4:20 a. m, troopers were dispatched to a crash on Highway 50 near the intersection with Fortune... Unbelievable. :eek: Can’t even really tell what kind of car it was. 😕 Must have been packing some serious mail to create this kind of carnage. I drive past that post pretty much every day. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/2 "2019-02-01T17:53:07Z")
That car was f’ed up; no doubt about it, though some of that carnage is left over from FD/EMS cutting the car apart to get the occupants out. In fact the two pieces of wood to the right in your linked photo looks like they may be cribbing used to stabilize a car. Both of them appear to be squared off & one appears to be wedge shaped. Although, OTOH, they could be guardrail supports that ended up there. The roof appears relatively undamaged & w/o any pillars hanging down; IOW, that’s how they cut it with the “Jaws of Life”. Sad either way. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/3 "2019-02-01T20:32:51Z")
Someone survived that and was flown to an area hospital. I can’t find any information on what kind of car it was, although I am curious. The seats look like a sports car. Also “speed was a factor” - no shit. I would never have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/4 "2019-02-01T20:48:46Z")
Looking at the wheel in the first pic makes me want to say Viper GTS, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/5 "2019-02-01T21:05:25Z")
That’s a rear seat in most of the pictures, so not a Viper. And the wheel is aftermarket so it could be just about anything. My first thought was GTI but the rear seat’s not a match. I think the upholstery might be aftermarket as well but I don’t see anything that fits he pattern. Definitely something with a mac strut up front, though. eta: It’s a B5 Audi S4, those were optional seats. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/6 "2019-02-01T21:53:57Z")
[Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/133093217@N04/46227804284/in/dateposted-public/) is a less fatal, but also interesting car crash I saw today. Lessons learned from observation: nothing brings out other officers like an injured officer. I think I saw more once at a bank robbery, but there were a lot of folks out there today. Response was also very (very) quick. I recommend that you not turn left in front of a moving police car. The driver of the Prius is going to have a long day. I also wish that more police officers would wear seat belts. The accident didn’t look that serious, but the officer had to be assisted from the car by paramedics and was taken away by ambulance. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/7 "2019-02-01T22:24:06Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > eta: It’s a B5 Audi S4, those were optional seats. Yep. Audi. From Nevada. The license plate was laying around in another photo I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/8 "2019-02-01T22:27:49Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Also “speed was a factor” - no shit. I would never have guessed. Local scuttle-butt is 80-100 mph. Really weird. The pole they wrapped themselves around is behind the guard rail. Somehow left the road somewhere downstream and behind the guard rail. Weird. I’ve gotta go past it in about an hour. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/9 "2019-02-01T22:29:17Z")
There was no one killed in this AMAZING! grand prix crash: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/445YsTL9fOs/maxresdefault.jpg "Sophia Floersch Horror Crash - All angles + pictures + analysis + news") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=445YsTL9fOs) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/10 "2019-02-01T22:53:34Z")
A lot of that stuff will just buff out. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/11 "2019-02-02T12:49:05Z")
Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman; he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/12 "2019-02-02T13:46:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > IOW, that’s how they cut it with the “Jaws of Life”. Actually, it appears to not be that. From further reports following that link. > [@](#): > > According to the NHP, the Audi rotated and slid broadside across both westbound travel lanes and the vehicle struck a crash attenuator and then a utility pole on the outside shoulder. > > The impact caused the rear portion of the Audi to become wrapped around the utility pole and the front portion to separate, which came to rest on the outside shoulder facing east. > > Both occupants of the vehicle were ejected from the vehicle upon impact. The driver was killed, the passenger is in critical condition. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/13 "2019-02-02T14:45:46Z")
[Trans Am goes airborne at over 100](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1oFzbopFg) The piece of debris that slides across the road and stops just beyond the red car is the driver. He lived. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/14 "2019-02-02T15:59:04Z")
[This one Dukes of Hazzarding it in Bratislava](https://youtu.be/BBYkZGJVucM) is a good watch. Love how the brake lights come on mid-air. There’s also one of a guy launching off a traffic circle somewhere out there. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/15 "2019-02-02T16:12:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Can’t even really tell what kind of car it was. Sixteen or so years ago when I was still living in L.A., there was a crash in Orange County. A (teenage?) girl [del]stole[/del] borrowed-without-permission her fathers Porsche 911. She crashed on a freeway at a high rate of speed, and she and (I believe) another girl were killed. Photos online showed her in the driver’s seat. Only, I couldn’t make sense of the photo. It _looked_ like the top of her head above the jaw line had been sheared off, and the muscular mass at the top of what was left was her tongue. The family sued to have the photos removed from the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/16 "2019-02-02T19:16:35Z")
Well, they did a good job of clean-up. Nothing but some red paint smears on the pole. I’ve seen those pictures of Porsche Girl. Not pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/17 "2019-02-02T20:17:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Trans Am goes airborne at over 100](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1oFzbopFg) > The piece of debris that slides across the road and stops just beyond the red car is the driver. He lived. That happened in my town. In all fairness to the driver we were taught to pass on the left. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/18 "2019-02-02T20:58:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Sixteen or so years ago when I was still living in L.A., there was a crash in Orange County. A (teenage?) girl [del]stole[/del] borrowed-without-permission her fathers Porsche 911. She crashed on a freeway at a high rate of speed, and she and (I believe) another girl were killed. Photos online showed her in the driver’s seat. Only, I couldn’t make sense of the photo. It _looked_ like the top of her head above the jaw line had been sheared off, and the muscular mass at the top of what was left was her tongue. The family sued to have the photos removed from the Internet. Yeah, I remember seeing those photos. That’s a link I wish I hadn’t clicked. She crashed into a concrete toll booth at over 100 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/19 "2019-02-02T22:50:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Trans Am goes airborne at over 100](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1oFzbopFg) > The piece of debris that slides across the road and stops just beyond the red car is the driver. He lived. I knew what that was going to be before I clicked on it. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797/20 "2019-02-04T12:54:14Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > That car was f’ed up; no doubt about it, though some of that carnage is left over from FD/EMS cutting the car apart to get the occupants out. In fact the two pieces of wood to the right in your linked photo looks like they may be cribbing used to stabilize a car. Both of them appear to be squared off & one appears to be wedge shaped. Although, OTOH, they could be guardrail supports that ended up there. The roof appears relatively undamaged & w/o any pillars hanging down; IOW, that’s how they cut it with the “Jaws of Life”. According to [the article that accompanied the photos,](https://mynews4.com/news/local/fatal-crash-in-dayton-on-us-50-at-fortune-dr) both occupants were ejected from the vehicle. There would not have been any need for first responders to waste time cutting apart the vehicle. Judging by photo #6 of 7, I think the timbers you’re seeing are the wooden posts from the guardrail that was destroyed in the impact. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectacular-car-crash/828797.md?page=2)