Fatal Car Crash By My House Last Night
07-24-2005 | 05:35 PM
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From: La Plata, Maryland
Last night I had some people over and we were eating a bushel of crabs and drinking beer late into the night. At about midnight we were sitting out on the back patio and we heard a car with a cat back running fast down the hill, then a quick squeal and a large thud and then dead silence.
It was really weird because for some reason we were all listening to this car as it drove by so when we heard the crash it was surreal. We were all kind buzzing but I told my wife to call 911 and then a group of people from my house jumped in the car to go try to help.
My wife and I sat here at the house and listened as the sirens all came in. Then we waited to see how long till everyone else got back. The people who went up there were a few guys from here and my dad.
When they got back they were all shaken up pretty bad, my old man was in tears. Apparently the car was possibly a WRX it had five young guys in the car. It was going up the hill and as the road turns past the train tracks it veers to the right. The driver was drinking a speeding and lost control and went straight into a tree. The car was ripped open. The car was on it pass side from what I was told. They said two guys were in the road. One was awake and seemed to be in shock but had his wits to him. The other was missing a foot and was in bad shape.
One guy got decapitated and his head was in the road next to the guy missing the foot. Some of the guys were pinned in the car. My dad supposedly held the guy that was pinned up and tried to calm him down.
From everyone?s description the whole scene was gruesome and hard to take in.
We still don't know all the details since it just happened last night. Three of the guys died and the other two were flown out on a helicopter. We are not sure if they made it or not.
I don't know what to say all in all I am sad that this has happened.
It was really weird because for some reason we were all listening to this car as it drove by so when we heard the crash it was surreal. We were all kind buzzing but I told my wife to call 911 and then a group of people from my house jumped in the car to go try to help.
My wife and I sat here at the house and listened as the sirens all came in. Then we waited to see how long till everyone else got back. The people who went up there were a few guys from here and my dad.
When they got back they were all shaken up pretty bad, my old man was in tears. Apparently the car was possibly a WRX it had five young guys in the car. It was going up the hill and as the road turns past the train tracks it veers to the right. The driver was drinking a speeding and lost control and went straight into a tree. The car was ripped open. The car was on it pass side from what I was told. They said two guys were in the road. One was awake and seemed to be in shock but had his wits to him. The other was missing a foot and was in bad shape.
One guy got decapitated and his head was in the road next to the guy missing the foot. Some of the guys were pinned in the car. My dad supposedly held the guy that was pinned up and tried to calm him down.
From everyone?s description the whole scene was gruesome and hard to take in.
We still don't know all the details since it just happened last night. Three of the guys died and the other two were flown out on a helicopter. We are not sure if they made it or not.
I don't know what to say all in all I am sad that this has happened.
07-24-2005 | 06:08 PM
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wow thats sucks. Yeah drinking and driving is not a smart thing to do....
Why didnt you go and see the commotion. From what it sounded like you stayed home and heard the news from everyone that went to go and see what was up.
Jason
Why didnt you go and see the commotion. From what it sounded like you stayed home and heard the news from everyone that went to go and see what was up.
Jason
07-24-2005 | 06:46 PM
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From: Crofton, MD
[quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Jul 24 2005, 05:35 PM']Last night I had some people over and we were eating a bushel of crabs and drinking beer late into the night. At about midnight we were sitting out on the back patio and we heard a car with a cat back running fast down the hill, then a quick squeal and a large thud and then dead silence.
It was really weird because for some reason we were all listening to this car as it drove by so when we heard the crash it was surreal. We were all kind buzzing but I told my wife to call 911 and then a group of people from my house jumped in the car to go try to help.
My wife and I sat here at the house and listened as the sirens all came in. Then we waited to see how long till everyone else got back. The people who went up there were a few guys from here and my dad.
When they got back they were all shaken up pretty bad, my old man was in tears. Apparently the car was possibly a WRX it had five young guys in the car. It was going up the hill and as the road turns past the train tracks it veers to the right. The driver was drinking a speeding and lost control and went straight into a tree. The car was ripped open. The car was on it pass side from what I was told. They said two guys were in the road. One was awake and seemed to be in shock but had his wits to him. The other was missing a foot and was in bad shape.
One guy got decapitated and his head was in the road next to the guy missing the foot. Some of the guys were pinned in the car. My dad supposedly held the guy that was pinned up and tried to calm him down.
From everyone?s description the whole scene was gruesome and hard to take in.
We still don't know all the details since it just happened last night. Three of the guys died and the other two were flown out on a helicopter. We are not sure if they made it or not.
I don't know what to say all in all I am sad that this has happened.
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Like Dave said, the really weird thing is this, there were 7 of us sitting outside when we heard this car come tearing down the road, there are train tracks and a hard bend that this car should have slowed down for, we heard it lose grip of the road and then 2 loud thuds as it crashed. We were all silent and I think each of us, when we heard the car coming, knew what the end result was going to be. I was one of the four who immediately drove out to the crash site upon hearing the accident. I knew it was going to be bad but in NO way was I prepered for what I saw. I saw everything, it certainly is not something I hope I ever see again. What makes this worse is that the road is a road that Dave, Ryan and I all have driven hard on from goofing off or street tuning. We've all done stupid **** on that road and never thought about this as a possible consequence.
I've seen a lot of horrible stuff in 28 years, seen a lot in the movies and on TV but nothing really comes close to comparing to this. Walking up to the scene was just flooring. Ryan's girlfried immediately went up to the one guy who was laying in the road and calling for help. He said they'd been drinking and was upset because his Mom was going to be mad and he was worried about going to beach the next day with his girlfriend. Dave's dad went straight to the car hoping to help on of the guys who was hanging out, telling him he was going to be ok while knowing full well how bad things were.
The worst part is that within 5 minutes after showing up on the scene a pickup came barreling down the road from the other direction while Ryan and I were jumping up and down screaming trying to get the guy to stop. I don't know if this guy was drunk as well but based on the time it took for him to stop and the fact that he never got out of his truck something was probably up. If we had not been there this guy in the pickup would surely have run over the two passengers of the wrecked Evo who were laying in the road.
Five kids, all easily 21-23 years old, brand new Mitsubishi Evo, pushing it to the limits. We've all been there as a driver or passenger with friends egging us on to get us to go faster. Add in some alcohol and I guess the whole scene just begs for trouble. Some of us know this already but I think most of us have done something similar. I know there are a lot of younger guys on this forum and others, please please be careful. This **** does happen in real life and it is horrible.
It was really weird because for some reason we were all listening to this car as it drove by so when we heard the crash it was surreal. We were all kind buzzing but I told my wife to call 911 and then a group of people from my house jumped in the car to go try to help.
My wife and I sat here at the house and listened as the sirens all came in. Then we waited to see how long till everyone else got back. The people who went up there were a few guys from here and my dad.
When they got back they were all shaken up pretty bad, my old man was in tears. Apparently the car was possibly a WRX it had five young guys in the car. It was going up the hill and as the road turns past the train tracks it veers to the right. The driver was drinking a speeding and lost control and went straight into a tree. The car was ripped open. The car was on it pass side from what I was told. They said two guys were in the road. One was awake and seemed to be in shock but had his wits to him. The other was missing a foot and was in bad shape.
One guy got decapitated and his head was in the road next to the guy missing the foot. Some of the guys were pinned in the car. My dad supposedly held the guy that was pinned up and tried to calm him down.
From everyone?s description the whole scene was gruesome and hard to take in.
We still don't know all the details since it just happened last night. Three of the guys died and the other two were flown out on a helicopter. We are not sure if they made it or not.
I don't know what to say all in all I am sad that this has happened.
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Like Dave said, the really weird thing is this, there were 7 of us sitting outside when we heard this car come tearing down the road, there are train tracks and a hard bend that this car should have slowed down for, we heard it lose grip of the road and then 2 loud thuds as it crashed. We were all silent and I think each of us, when we heard the car coming, knew what the end result was going to be. I was one of the four who immediately drove out to the crash site upon hearing the accident. I knew it was going to be bad but in NO way was I prepered for what I saw. I saw everything, it certainly is not something I hope I ever see again. What makes this worse is that the road is a road that Dave, Ryan and I all have driven hard on from goofing off or street tuning. We've all done stupid **** on that road and never thought about this as a possible consequence.
I've seen a lot of horrible stuff in 28 years, seen a lot in the movies and on TV but nothing really comes close to comparing to this. Walking up to the scene was just flooring. Ryan's girlfried immediately went up to the one guy who was laying in the road and calling for help. He said they'd been drinking and was upset because his Mom was going to be mad and he was worried about going to beach the next day with his girlfriend. Dave's dad went straight to the car hoping to help on of the guys who was hanging out, telling him he was going to be ok while knowing full well how bad things were.
The worst part is that within 5 minutes after showing up on the scene a pickup came barreling down the road from the other direction while Ryan and I were jumping up and down screaming trying to get the guy to stop. I don't know if this guy was drunk as well but based on the time it took for him to stop and the fact that he never got out of his truck something was probably up. If we had not been there this guy in the pickup would surely have run over the two passengers of the wrecked Evo who were laying in the road.
Five kids, all easily 21-23 years old, brand new Mitsubishi Evo, pushing it to the limits. We've all been there as a driver or passenger with friends egging us on to get us to go faster. Add in some alcohol and I guess the whole scene just begs for trouble. Some of us know this already but I think most of us have done something similar. I know there are a lot of younger guys on this forum and others, please please be careful. This **** does happen in real life and it is horrible.
07-24-2005 | 08:48 PM
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[quote name='ROTARYROCKET7' date='Jul 24 2005, 02:08 PM']wow thats sucks. Yeah drinking and driving is not a smart thing to do....
Why didnt you go and see the commotion. From what it sounded like you stayed home and heard the news from everyone that went to go and see what was up.
Jason
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Because I was drunk myself and I had my six year old son up stairs sleeping in his room. We called 911 and that was all the help I could offer.
Why didnt you go and see the commotion. From what it sounded like you stayed home and heard the news from everyone that went to go and see what was up.
Jason
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Because I was drunk myself and I had my six year old son up stairs sleeping in his room. We called 911 and that was all the help I could offer.
07-24-2005 | 09:08 PM
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Jon, I haven't seen much yet but NBC picked up the story.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/4762578/detail.html
http://www.nbc4.com/news/4762578/detail.html
07-24-2005 | 09:13 PM
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Any time I get a speeding ticket, I think of the officer seeing fatalities like that on a regular basis. My anger of bieng stopped usually turns to sympathy.
The worst ive seen was a speeding motorcycle on the freeway got side swiped by a car changing lanes. Its disgusting what guardrail posts can do to a human body moving at 70 mph.
Thank you guys for your bravery and bieng there for those people. Many wouldnt.
The worst ive seen was a speeding motorcycle on the freeway got side swiped by a car changing lanes. Its disgusting what guardrail posts can do to a human body moving at 70 mph.
Thank you guys for your bravery and bieng there for those people. Many wouldnt.