tC airborn off San Diego Freeway
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tC airborn off San Diego Freeway
Driver killed as car flies off freeway interchange
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
10:12 a.m. August 30, 2007
SAN DIEGO – A man was killed in Mission Valley Thursday morning after his speeding car left an elevated freeway interchange, flew through the air for more than 100 feet and landed upside down on a city street.
ALBERT D. JOHNSON for SignOnSanDiego
Authorities investigate at the crash scene in Mission Valley.
The 32-year-old driver was in a 2005 black Toyota Scion heading west on the Fairmont Avenue ramp to northbound Interstate 15 at 2:45 a.m. when his car went over the 30-foot high north edge of the ramp and was airborne for 108 feet before slamming onto Camino del Rio North, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Baehr.
The car then slid north on the road, rolled onto its side as it hit a curb, and then smashed into a concrete overpass wall, Baehr said.
The car was nearly folded in half and completely crushed, Baehr, said. The driver had to be cut out of the car and was dead at the scene.
His identity has not been released because his family members are still being notified, the Medical Examiner's office said.
Camino del Rio North was closed for more than three hours as authorites invesgtated.
Link to story, pic: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...30mvfatal.html
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
10:12 a.m. August 30, 2007
SAN DIEGO – A man was killed in Mission Valley Thursday morning after his speeding car left an elevated freeway interchange, flew through the air for more than 100 feet and landed upside down on a city street.
ALBERT D. JOHNSON for SignOnSanDiego
Authorities investigate at the crash scene in Mission Valley.
The 32-year-old driver was in a 2005 black Toyota Scion heading west on the Fairmont Avenue ramp to northbound Interstate 15 at 2:45 a.m. when his car went over the 30-foot high north edge of the ramp and was airborne for 108 feet before slamming onto Camino del Rio North, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Baehr.
The car then slid north on the road, rolled onto its side as it hit a curb, and then smashed into a concrete overpass wall, Baehr said.
The car was nearly folded in half and completely crushed, Baehr, said. The driver had to be cut out of the car and was dead at the scene.
His identity has not been released because his family members are still being notified, the Medical Examiner's office said.
Camino del Rio North was closed for more than three hours as authorites invesgtated.
Link to story, pic: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...30mvfatal.html
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Originally Posted by a_german_named_hans
wouldn't have happened if he had a GT Wing YO! Downforce Woulda saved him Son. jk. Wonder how fast he was goin.
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Originally Posted by equinox2355
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is that a tC?
sad news for the guy. when i went down to LA a couple weeks ago, on the 5 some chick flipped her tC onto the roof. i dont know how she did it but she did. crazy. people need to learn to slow down.
He's gonna lose points for not sticking the landing, but the judges agree he got good hangtime.
To those saying "sad", yes sad indeed he was driving like an a-hole. You don't accidentally fly 108 feet off the freeway, unless the ramp you fall off is 108 feet off of the ground. Like the chick that cut her tC in half on a tree a few months back. That doesn't just happen.
To those saying "sad", yes sad indeed he was driving like an a-hole. You don't accidentally fly 108 feet off the freeway, unless the ramp you fall off is 108 feet off of the ground. Like the chick that cut her tC in half on a tree a few months back. That doesn't just happen.
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And the thing is that I take that route enough to know it well. Always dangerous if you are going fast. A long time ago on my way to school, I saw my friend’s car lying upside down on the side of the ramp.
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Originally Posted by equinox2355
Originally Posted by DjEzE
is that a tC?
sad news for the guy. when i went down to LA a couple weeks ago, on the 5 some chick flipped her tC onto the roof. i dont know how she did it but she did. crazy. people need to learn to slow down.
