i doubt in other types of wrecks that a vehicle is traveling at 120mph
hotmustang331, I hope you don't condone street racing. I would be surprised if you did, as you seem like a reasonable, thoughful person. Surely you believe that no one has the right to jeopardize the lives of innocent people. I offer this respectfully, and hope my interpretation of your post is incorrect.
No, I most DEFINATLY do not condone street racing...Its stupid.
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I suppose street racing gets media coverage because it is relatively rare, and it is often dramatic. It's really not surprising.
I dont care if 50,000 people die each your talking on cell phones, getting road-head, or any other reason while driving a car. You cant justify one wrong using the severity of another. If you really want to look at statistics, look at %'s and probabilities.
Ask yourself this: When you're driving, would you rather everyone around you be on their cell phone, or doing 100+? (The cell phone thing pretty much already happens.)
Fatal accidents happen. Most can be avoided, some cant. The ones that should never have happened; drunk driving, excessive speeding, street racing........they deserve the extra media attention.
High-speed Beachline crash kills two
Fiery crash. Florida Highway Patrol said the yellow Mustang hit a Buick (not pictured), forcing it off the road, then the minivan. Craig Rubadoux, FLORIDA TODAY
Two Brevard County men died Tuesday night in a horrific crash on the Beachline Expressway after a Mustang, estimated to be traveling more than 100 mph lost control, crossed the grass median and slammed into oncoming traffic, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The westbound Mustang collided with a white Buick headed east on State Road 528, the Beachline, and then with a black minivan.
The Mustang driver, a 20-year-old Cocoa Beach man authorities had not identified early today, and Buick driver Timothy Brothers, 50, of Satellite Beach were killed.
The accident happened about 5:45 p.m., about two miles east of State Road 520.
After hitting the Buick and knocking it into the trees along the south shoulder, the Mustang struck an eastbound Dodge minivan, Trooper Kim Miller said, injuring driver Veronica Coleman, 51, and five students, all from Maryland, who are in Florida on a senior trip.
The students were: Aaron Harten, 18, Jason Coleman, 17, Megan Matthews, 18, Christine Singh, 17, and Kyle Schwarm, 17.
Coleman was taken to the Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne in a critical condition, and the students, all listed in serious condition, were taken to different area hospitals.
Eastbound traffic was rerouted to State Road 520 as troopers handled the accident. Westbound motorists were initially told to turn around and head East, but one lane reopened about an hour after the accident. Still, westbound traffic was backed up for miles.
All lanes in both directions were opened before 10 p.m.
The accident left the Mustang "unrecognizable," Miller said. "It was squished. Barely an inch separated the passenger's side door from the driver's side door."
The car's engine separated from the body and landed more than 150 feet away.
She said FHP dispatchers fielded numerous calls from drivers on State Road 528 about a yellow Mustang witnesses described as traveling over 100 mph.
"We were told that he (the Mustang's driver) was running people off the road and driving on the shoulder," Miller said.
By the time troopers responded, the accident had happened.
"We need people to realize that speed kills," Miller said. "Some people treat roads like race tracks. This should be a wake-up call for those who speed."
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Fiery crash. Florida Highway Patrol said the yellow Mustang hit a Buick (not pictured), forcing it off the road, then the minivan. Craig Rubadoux, FLORIDA TODAY
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Two Brevard County men died Tuesday night in a horrific crash on the Beachline Expressway after a Mustang, estimated to be traveling more than 100 mph lost control, crossed the grass median and slammed into oncoming traffic, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The westbound Mustang collided with a white Buick headed east on State Road 528, the Beachline, and then with a black minivan.
The Mustang driver, who was identified today as Nicholas Barry, 20, of Cocoa Beach, and Buick driver Timothy Brothers, 50, of Satellite Beach were killed.
The accident happened about 5:45 p.m., about two miles east of State Road 520.
After hitting the Buick and knocking it into the trees along the south shoulder, the Mustang struck an eastbound Dodge minivan, Trooper Kim Miller said, injuring driver Veronica Coleman, 51, and five students, all from Maryland, who are in Florida on a senior trip.
The students were: Aaron Harten, 18, Jason Coleman, 17, Megan Matthews, 18, Christine Singh, 17, and Kyle Schwarm, 17.
Coleman was taken to the Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne in a critical condition, and the students, all listed in serious condition, were taken to different area hospitals.
Eastbound traffic was rerouted to State Road 520 as troopers handled the accident. Westbound motorists were initially told to turn around and head East, but one lane reopened about an hour after the accident. Still, westbound traffic was backed up for miles.
All lanes in both directions were opened before 10 p.m.
The accident left the Mustang "unrecognizable," Miller said. "It was squished. Barely an inch separated the passenger's side door from the driver's side door."
The car's engine separated from the body and landed more than 150 feet away.
She said FHP dispatchers fielded numerous calls from drivers on State Road 528 about a yellow Mustang witnesses described as traveling over 100 mph.
"We were told that he (the Mustang's driver) was running people off the road and driving on the shoulder," Miller said.
By the time troopers responded, the accident had happened.
"We need people to realize that speed kills," Miller said. "Some people treat roads like race tracks. This should be a wake-up call for those who speed."
i clicked on this link but got no where, is it footage of the crash?He wasn't street racing..he was being stupid. Look at how he was driving...
The link
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/NEWS
01/705090375
So the mustang driver was drunk?
Sorry to hear about your dad.
This thread is very old and most of the morons that posted in it do not come around here any more.