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| carreraguy |
 Jul 15 2004, 05:15 PM
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It's not your dad's 914!  Group: Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 17-October 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,256 Region Association: Northern California  |
No one killed but fairly spectacular incident. The pedestrian was crossing against the signal when the PT Cruiser decided to run the red light with the pictured result. The pedestrian survived because the caved-in impact zone of the car protected him; needless to say he is still in the hospital.
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| i love porsche |
Jul 15 2004, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Nutley, NJ Member No.: 2,030 Region Association: North East States |
woah!
thats amazing they survived.....thank God for safe cars |
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| scotty |
Jul 15 2004, 07:56 PM
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The Fun Never Stops Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 20-May 03 From: Portland. Oregon (SW) Member No.: 718 Region Association: None |
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| GaroldShaffer |
Jul 15 2004, 08:10 PM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,622 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None 
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I don't know if you call that guy lucky or not. I know we all have done it, cross a street against a red light that is. Wonder what the driver of the cruiser was doing that he/she didn't notice the light was red for the past 28 secs? |
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| Bruce Allert |
Jul 15 2004, 10:13 PM
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Hellions asleep Group: Members Posts: 3,289 Joined: 19-March 03 From: Eagle Creek, Orygun Member No.: 441 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I have gotten into the habit of looking both ways AFTER the light has turned green before crossing the intersection. Sure I get a BEEEEP now & then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) but it's worth it. Hasn't saved me yet but if there ever comes a time.......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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| dbelleperc |
Jul 16 2004, 09:16 AM
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DoN't MaKe FuN oF mE i Am SlOw Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 12-March 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 418 |
Here is the story behind the accident.
DAYTON | Doctors revived a man Sunday just hours after medics pronounced him dead on the scene of a car crash, police officials said. Dayton Police Sgt. Charles Hurley said Scott Tegtmeyer was walking in the intersection of Third Street and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard at 12:40 p.m. when a Chrysler PT Cruiser ran a red light, struck a Subaru sports utility vehicle and sent it into the air. The Subaru landed upside down on Tegtmeyer and dragged him several feet across the intersection, Hurley said. Tegtmeyer, bloodied and surrounded by shattered glass, was pronounced dead on the scene, but he suddenly started breathing while in transit with paramedics. By 3 p.m., doctors had fully resuscitated him. On Sunday evening, he was in the Miami Valley Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Neither of the female drivers of the vehicles involved were carrying passengers. The woman driving the Subaru was transported to Miami Valley Hospital. Information on the condition of the driver of the PT Cruiser was not available. Hurley said police talked to eight witnesses. He also said it is possible a camera mounted high above the intersection captured the crash. Dayton police reconstructionists, trained at putting clues together after crashes, were on the scene with digital cameras and measuring devices. The flipped Subaru showed noticeable crash damage on the left body panel. Ten yards away, the customized P.T. Cruiser with a "AAA" sticker on the back of its tinted windows showed damage to its front end. |
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| scotty |
Jul 16 2004, 09:38 AM
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The Fun Never Stops Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 20-May 03 From: Portland. Oregon (SW) Member No.: 718 Region Association: None |
QUOTE I have gotten into the habit of looking both ways AFTER the light has turned green before crossing the intersection. Good practice for Beaverton, Bruce!--always wait for three to four cars to run the light after yours turns green-- I always feel safer when driving in Boston for some reason... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| Toast |
Jul 16 2004, 12:17 PM
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Not bad for carrying sway bars. Group: Members Posts: 3,377 Joined: 20-January 04 From: Las Vegas Member No.: 1,580 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Yea, after being hit on the passenger side twice and totaling both of my cars, I tend to also wait at intersections before proceeding. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
Didnt appear that the Subaru was yeilding to the pedestrian also. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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| jimtab |
Jul 16 2004, 07:04 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
You know we could solve a lot of this red light, stop sign running if we skull fucked the offender with an appropriate caliber pistol as soon as possible after the violation...this crap is just getting old, we should force people to learn to drive OR never let them near a car again...no ifs, ands or buts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)
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| trojanhorsepower |
Jul 16 2004, 07:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 861 Joined: 21-September 03 From: Marion, NC Member No.: 1,179 Region Association: None |
"Green and yellow
kill a fellow Better red than dead" -Andy Roony |
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