Man loses dream cars when out of control SUV lands on them
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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Townshend 3:41PM (2/21/2007)
Is that a 5-series? If so, Bangle ruined the car long before the SUV did :-)
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Matt 3:47PM (2/21/2007)
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.
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mkbruin 3:49PM (2/21/2007)
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...
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jscro 3:54PM (2/21/2007)
I'm assuming there's a cell phone in the mix somewhere too.
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Bob R. 3:58PM (2/21/2007)
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.
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Doug Stewart 4:00PM (2/21/2007)
if she had insurance.
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Z 4:06PM (2/21/2007)
Now that's funny right there...I don't care who ya are!
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fizzandpop 4:04PM (2/21/2007)
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?
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BigTeebo 4:15PM (2/21/2007)
There are other ways of paying. The SUV driver has TWO kidneys, right? That should just about pay for it.
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saimin 4:09PM (2/21/2007)
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
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iQuack 4:10PM (2/21/2007)
Silly girls + overpowered vehicles + cell phones + drugs/booze = a dangerous world.
Can we protect ourselves from girls gone wild?
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akintz 4:23PM (2/21/2007)
Those pictures make me a sad panda.
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Eric 4:38PM (2/21/2007)
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.
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Hulkster 4:36PM (2/21/2007)
Charge her with vehicular carslaughter!
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G. Snyder 5:01PM (2/21/2007)
Townshend - if you think Bangle designed the 5 you are mistaken.
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Spectral Flagellum 5:04PM (2/21/2007)
That'll teach Biff or whatever the Vette owner's name was to buy a Fram air filter.
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James 5:20PM (2/21/2007)
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.
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Matt W. 5:25PM (2/21/2007)
#20
Is there any other kind?
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Fabulo 5:26PM (2/21/2007)
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.
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Jim Sanders 5:28PM (2/21/2007)
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...
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