Car wreck on Deerfoot

[C_Dave45]

Holy shyte!! :eek:

RIP :(

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/man-involved-in-deerfoot-trail-crash-dies-in-hospital-1.3095951

[muse017]

Holy shit.. Can't believe it just shredded like that...

RIP

[gretz]

Drove passed this this morning... I've seen some wrecks, but nothing quite like this (the seats were out of the car, tells you a bit)

I was late leaving today, missed it by about 5 minutes, my neighbour saw the entire thing, said the pole literally split the car in 2... Pretty wild

[flipstah]

Jeez! That's like a hot knife shearing through. RIP :(

[Kloubek]

RIP. It says he died in hospital. Amazing anyone could survive that at all - even short term.

[Xtrema]

Wow, wonder what he hit. RIP


At approximately 7:45 a.m., police say a 2005 Honda Accord was southbound on Deerfoot Trail near Seton Boulevard when the vehicle went off the road.
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Those same bystanders administered first aid until EMS and STARS Air Ambulance arrived to transport the victim to South Health Campus in life threatening condition.

Won't ambulance be just as quick? Or a case that it's there anyway, let's use it.

[sr20s14zenki]

jesus how fast was he going to shred like that.

[ryder_23]

Originally posted by Xtrema
Wow, wonder what he hit. RIP



Won't ambulance be just as quick? Or a case that it's there anyway, let's use it.

Think it was suppose to transport when stable ish to Foothills. Maybe a typo?

[jwslam]

There's a better picture here
http://globalnews.ca/news/2974571/1-person-suffers-serious-injuries-in-deerfoot-trail-crash/

https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.8737351,-113.9626665,3a,75y,39.3h,100.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXfi4AChEEW7zEMJzrYgIZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[reijo]

If you are spinning out of control etc. don't look at the poles or you will steer into them ... and hit them!

Reijo

[Mitsu3000gt]

Do they always just say "speed believed to be a factor" so at the end of the year they can pad their speeding related death stats and help justify more speed traps? If the guy was going 120-130 with the rest of traffic out there, speed probably wasn't actually a factor. If he was doing something dumb like 160+ or something, then yeah.

[revelations]

According to witnesses, he was speeding quite a bit. Not sure what that means though.

He did find one of the few concrete abutments in the area; combined with witness statements of a sudden veer, it almost sounds like suicide to me ..... :(

[ryder_23]

Originally posted by revelations
According to witnesses, he was speeding quite a bit. Not sure what that means though.

He did find one of the few concrete abutments in the area; combined with witness statements of a sudden veer, it almost sounds like suicide to me ..... :(

"older" vehicle, high rate of speed, tires/suspension issues could cause a sudden veer, front wheel caught the grass and pulled him in. Or he was still fighting off a big night of drinking after the Canada game and was really late for work.

Plenty of larger concrete targets on DF and just before he could of tried to launch into the river over the bridge. Who knows.

[OTown]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
Do they always just say "speed believed to be a factor" so at the end of the year they can pad their speeding related death stats and help justify more speed traps? If the guy was going 120-130 with the rest of traffic out there, speed probably wasn't actually a factor. If he was doing something dumb like 160+ or something, then yeah.
Im having a hard time understanding your post. Maybe you can help further explain your reasoning.

You're telling us that a crash at 130 does this type of damage, and that since everyone does it its completely safe? Shouldnt that be even more proof to have people slow down?

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by OTown
You're telling us that a crash at 130 does this type of damage, and that since everyone does it its completely safe? Shouldnt that be even more proof to have people slow down?

No, I rather be dead than be a cripple. :rofl:

Seriously tho, if he did do unreasonable speed in an old car like that, I'm glad the pole is there and he didn't take anyone else on opposing traffic with him.

[Sentry]

Good old beyond, where an 05 Accord is an "old, unsafe car".

Guess all my shit is vintage.

[revelations]

Originally posted by Sentry
Good old beyond, where an 05 Accord is an "old, unsafe car".

Guess all my shit is vintage.

:rofl: I dont get it either. Old cars must be made of paper mache.

[xnvy]

Originally posted by Sentry
Good old beyond, where an 05 Accord is an "old, unsafe car".

Guess all my shit is vintage. Wait... you don't handcrank the M5?

[SOAB]

Originally posted by OTown

Im having a hard time understanding your post. Maybe you can help further explain your reasoning.

You're telling us that a crash at 130 does this type of damage, and that since everyone does it its completely safe? Shouldnt that be even more proof to have people slow down?

what he means is that 120-130kph is the flow of traffic. not unsafe at all considering road conditions and weather.

the driver clearly made a mistake while driving or he had a mechanical failure that caused him to veer off the road suddenly. maybe a medical emergency? who knows?

I ask you, do you think this guy would still be alive if he was doing the speed limit of 110kph?

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by SOAB
the driver clearly made a mistake while driving or he had a mechanical failure that caused him to veer off the road suddenly. maybe a medical emergency? who knows?

First thing I thought of: Suicide.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Sentry
Good old beyond, where an 05 Accord is an "old, unsafe car".

Guess all my shit is vintage.

I think all we are saying is old shit in wrong hand may not have paid attention to maintenance like shocks and such which makes it more dangerous, especially at high speed.

[gretz]

Originally posted by Kloubek


First thing I thought of: Suicide.

My thoughts as well... I drive past (drove past the accident as well) everyday and the marks in the grass are a straight shot right at the pole, center of the vehicle. Either extremely bad luck or the later...

Oh wait, speed is a factor to pad that stat (Mitsu3000gt, I share the identical thoughts)... Well, he was moving, had he been motionless there would have been no accident.

The old, "how fast was he going to do that? 1000mph?"

Have you ever witnessed a car hitting an immovable object at 100kph? How about 110? Where does all of that energy go? He must have been speeding based on what?

[revelations]

Witnesses stated the driver was "speeding" .... which is highly ambiguous... but presumably faster than the limit.

[CompletelyNumb]

Someone on my Facebook knew him, posted something along the lines of "Last time I saw you we were lecturing you about your driving habits, guess it finally caught up with you. RIP"

Little impersonal, but seems his friends think he was a reckless driver.

[Rocket1k78]

Originally posted by Sentry
Good old beyond, where an 05 Accord is an "old, unsafe car".

Guess all my shit is vintage.

You didnt get the memo?

Anything pre 2012 is a pos

http://forums.beyond.ca/st2/stolen-car-honda-accord-hfp-white-19-bronze-wheels/showthread.php?s=&threadid=399375&perpage=20&highlight=&pagenumber=2

[reijo]

I drove by Saturday morning and there were other poles not too far off in the median but this was the only one with a huge concrete base (looked like about 1 meter diameter).

If you wanted to hit something really solid, this would have been it.

Why? Who knows?

BTW, Deerfoot is relatively straight at this section just south of Seton Blvd ... 4 lanes including the merging lanes.

Reijo