Has anyone here seen this yet? This happened a couple months ago in Dayton, Ohio. Apparently an elderly woman was driving a PT Cruiser and wasn't paying any attention to the intersection she was approaching. The light was red; she ran it and completely T-boned a Subaru that was driving across. The Subaru spun around, flipped twice, and took out a pedestrian who was crossing the road -- also against the red light!

Amazingly, the pedestrian survived even though the Subaru fell on top of him. Apparently the side that had been hit by PT Cruiser fell on him, and the dent in the sheet metal was just large enough to create a hollow space to hold him in as it dragged him down the road. The man stopped breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene, but later came to in the ambulance as he was en route to the hospital.

The most amazing part -- this whole thing was caught on tape by a camera mounted at the intersection. The camera was intended to catch red light runners!

Here's a link to more information and the video (MPEG).
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/carcrash01.asp

 

Amazing that the poor guy on foot lived. He looked to be literally wiped out.

 

 

DAAAANG! That had to hurt!

On the happier side, 300th Post!

 

adds ammo to my answer to the "why ride a motorcycle it is dangerous" question.

you can get killed crossing the street minding your own business.

 

You sure can. This goes to show you that your never safe. A PSA from my home!

 

THat is unbelievable!

 

The more I drive, the more paranoid I get about intersections and mall/supermarket parking lots. I saw a woman t-bone another SUV as I walked out of the grocery store one day. The accident knocked one car onto its side and destroyed the other. In a parking lot, for crying out loud!

Intersections are the worst. When the light turns green, I look left and right before proceeding. It's saved me a lot of grief. Same with stop signs.

It's a scary world out there, kids. Drive safely.

 

IF he had been driving instead of walking he would be ok. I think pedestrians should wear helments and have back packs with air bags. And be required to have insurance.

 

That really is quite scary, but it proves something, those Subaru's must have some strength if the driver got out with only minor injuries!

 

That is really wild. Thank God for watching over that guy.

 

Anybody else notice that the pt cruiser driver was an old lady? Chalk another one up for the geriatric drivers association! :notnice:

 

Unbelievable, totaly Unbelievable

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B) I think there must be some problem with silver paint. Did you all notice that every car in the scene except one was silver? I cannot wait for the hearing. The company that makes the paint will be at fault. :bang:

 

well i am all for making people retest for their drivers license every few yrs. I wouldnt limit it to seniors though... there are plenty of 20 somethings i wouldnt get into a car with.

and no i am not saying that because i am a senior citizen.

 

Whats real funny is the guy crossing the road on foot wont get a darn dime! LOL he was walking against a red light! heck they will probably give him a ticket!

 

i am sure he can sue the maker of his running shoes for not having enough traction to get outta the way fast enough or something.. thats what scumbag lawyers live for.

 

actually whats funny about that is the fact that he ran INTO the crash instead of away from it! LOL

 

I don't really think it is much to laugh about!

Even though he was crossing with the pedestrian light on red, he is still not liable. If the old lady hadn't jumped the red, the crash wouldn't have occured.

 

he hadnt walk againt the red he would have been fine too!