Ouch. A 21-year-old woman who was allegedly driving too fast apparently lost control of her Mercury SUV and skidded through a yard before going airborne and landing in the garage of another home next door. When the Mountaineer came to rest, it had inadvertently unpimped the rides of one Frank Taylor. Taylor's beloved 1980 Corvette and his brand new BMW were parked inside the garage at the time. The cars were given a custom body makeover courtesy of the Merc's undercarriage. Police suspect that drugs and/or alcohol may have played a part in the incident. Although the driver wasn't injured, the passenger was, and the young lady behind the wheel will most likely be hurting in a different way when charges are filed.
Thanks for the tip, Jeremy!
[Source: KMOV TV]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Townshend @ Feb 21st 2007 3:41PM
Is that a 5-series? If so, Bangle ruined the car long before the SUV did :-)
Matt @ Feb 21st 2007 3:47PM
How much of idiot behind the wheel must you be to get your suv "airborne" in a neighborhood to get it to land in a garage. Too bad for for the guys Corvette. He should definately make her pay for the damage of both cars, which I'm assuming he will be doing.
mkbruin @ Feb 21st 2007 3:49PM
and time to start the countdown:
'It is the damned SUV's fault!!!! not the drugs, not the alcohol, not the skills (or lackthereof) of the driver... it is the evil, gas guzzling, road ruining, ESUVEE!!!!!!!!!'
countdown in 5...4...3...2...
jscro @ Feb 21st 2007 3:54PM
I'm assuming there's a cell phone in the mix somewhere too.
Bob R. @ Feb 21st 2007 3:58PM
If those we my cars, that lady would be paying for EVERY penny. The $50,000 BMW + the unknown value of the Corvette(it could possibly be a rare one too) and then the cost to fix the garage. Wow this ladys insurance is going to skyrocket.
Doug Stewart @ Feb 21st 2007 4:00PM
if she had insurance.
fizzandpop @ Feb 21st 2007 4:04PM
Aftermarket hood ornaments of got way out of control.
Yeah this chick probably didn't have insurance (21, drugs and booze involved). Who does the guy sue? Any ideas?
Z @ Feb 21st 2007 4:06PM
Now that's funny right there...I don't care who ya are!
saimin @ Feb 21st 2007 4:09PM
I wouldn't think that putting all your photos of the scene on the local news webpage would make the police or the insurance folks very happy. Also, it's almost an initial reaction for the police to say that "drugs or alcohol may have been involved" in any accident.
For some reason the plank through the bimmer's window makes me laugh
iQuack @ Feb 21st 2007 4:10PM
Silly girls + overpowered vehicles + cell phones + drugs/booze = a dangerous world.
Can we protect ourselves from girls gone wild?
BigTeebo @ Feb 21st 2007 4:15PM
There are other ways of paying. The SUV driver has TWO kidneys, right? That should just about pay for it.
akintz @ Feb 21st 2007 4:23PM
Those pictures make me a sad panda.
Hulkster @ Feb 21st 2007 4:36PM
Charge her with vehicular carslaughter!
Eric @ Feb 21st 2007 4:38PM
This is no surprise, women under 30 are the most aggressive drivers on the road. Especially those in SUV's or crap cars like the Cavalier/Sunfire.
G. Snyder @ Feb 21st 2007 5:01PM
Townshend - if you think Bangle designed the 5 you are mistaken.
Spectral Flagellum @ Feb 21st 2007 5:04PM
That'll teach Biff or whatever the Vette owner's name was to buy a Fram air filter.
James @ Feb 21st 2007 5:20PM
Women can't drive. I saw one in a truck today weaving in and out of lanes like it was a race. I was behind her because people were moping along but she was driving fairly erradically.
Matt W. @ Feb 21st 2007 5:25PM
#20
Is there any other kind?
Fabulo @ Feb 21st 2007 5:26PM
Oopsie daisy!
In other news, accidents happen.
"Women can't drive!", let me just laugh at that. Men can't drive either.
Nobody is a perfect driver. Get over it.
Jim Sanders @ Feb 21st 2007 5:28PM
It was that time of the month.
She's pissed off and she wants everything her way.
No road there? Well there's a road if I say there is!
...Ok maybe that is a house not a road...