Bad Accident (not me)
10 graphix= 500hp
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 574
Likes: 0
i hate that.....when ur speeding a bit and someone pulls out...some people are just plain morons can't they tell if a car is coming fast towards them....DON'T PULL OUT! hope he gets better!!!!
__________________
New setup in progress
New setup in progress
Guest
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by aznkrunk
i hate that.....when ur speeding a bit and someone pulls out...some people are just plain morons can't they tell if a car is coming fast towards them....DON'T PULL OUT! hope he gets better!!!!
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
Just an update for everyone (LD is one of my best friends). He broke his pelvis, left radius, and lower left leg (not sure tibia or fibia), and had his spleen removed. Also broke some ribs, and had a few chipped teeth. He's in rehab now, and should hopefully be out in a few days.
Seeing the car in person is really sobering. It's crazy to remember riding all around in that car only a few weeks ago, or spending hours working on it, and now it's a tangled pile of metal. That car meant a lot to him, which makes the crash all the worse.
Oh, and yeah, a few hours before it happened, he got his accessport, and reflashed to Stage 2. Guess he was testing it out at the wrong place and wrong time...
Seeing the car in person is really sobering. It's crazy to remember riding all around in that car only a few weeks ago, or spending hours working on it, and now it's a tangled pile of metal. That car meant a lot to him, which makes the crash all the worse.
Oh, and yeah, a few hours before it happened, he got his accessport, and reflashed to Stage 2. Guess he was testing it out at the wrong place and wrong time...
Registered User
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 245
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by fadedSTi
they pull out planning on you slowing down for them, i hate that
Hope he gets better I know personally how long it takes to recover from a bad accident. Tell him to fight thru the hard times it will get better some day.
__________________
'02 Subaru WRX 2.5L, SR40 turbo, MRT TMIC, RA gears, ACT clutch & flywheel
'06 Chevy Cobalt SS GM Stg 2 G85 lsd
'94 Acura Integra GSR sold
'99 Isuzu Rodeo 4x4 2" lift, Procomp 9000 shocks, 20" Procomp Knight Khrome wheels sold
'92 Acura Integra RS sold
'04 CRF450R '86 TRX250R
'02 Subaru WRX 2.5L, SR40 turbo, MRT TMIC, RA gears, ACT clutch & flywheel
'06 Chevy Cobalt SS GM Stg 2 G85 lsd
'94 Acura Integra GSR sold
'99 Isuzu Rodeo 4x4 2" lift, Procomp 9000 shocks, 20" Procomp Knight Khrome wheels sold
'92 Acura Integra RS sold
'04 CRF450R '86 TRX250R
WOMBAT Racing
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 707
Likes: 0
yeah I drove that car at the Brooksville event earlier this month and that car was on its way to being very nice. I liked the way it felt and handled. I hope he is doing well and that he decides to get another subie and get back out there racing with us.
Am I OG Yet ?
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,313
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by WhiteGhost2.5
Yeah thats LD hes races with us out in Brooksville and Z-hills.
The details still aren't totally clear, but from what's been gathered so far, he was travelling east on Platt (3-lane 1-way road in South Tampa), at likely a decently high rate of speed, when a car started to pull out from a side road in front of him. He swerved left (from the right lane), to avoid it, then quickly cranked it back to the right, to avoid a car in another lane. The car appears to have oversteered, and the back end got loose. He slid almost 100 feet sideways, into a telephone pole. It impacted right at the B-Pillar. Miraculously, the door being pushed inwards shoved him up to the dash/steering wheel, and he wasn't crushed. If he had been a few inches further back, or had hit a few inches further up on the pole, he might not have fared as well as he did. As it was, the pole was split in two.
He broke his pelvis, and ankle (possibly more?), and had to have his spleen removed. The firefighters had to cut the roof off of his car with the jaws of life to get him out. He was in the ICU at Tampa General Hospital for the last 4 days, and had surgery yesterday to remove shards of bone from his pelvis, and insert a screw, I believe. He's now in a private room, and seems to be improving, though he won't be walking normally for around 12 weeks
The details still aren't totally clear, but from what's been gathered so far, he was travelling east on Platt (3-lane 1-way road in South Tampa), at likely a decently high rate of speed, when a car started to pull out from a side road in front of him. He swerved left (from the right lane), to avoid it, then quickly cranked it back to the right, to avoid a car in another lane. The car appears to have oversteered, and the back end got loose. He slid almost 100 feet sideways, into a telephone pole. It impacted right at the B-Pillar. Miraculously, the door being pushed inwards shoved him up to the dash/steering wheel, and he wasn't crushed. If he had been a few inches further back, or had hit a few inches further up on the pole, he might not have fared as well as he did. As it was, the pole was split in two.
He broke his pelvis, and ankle (possibly more?), and had to have his spleen removed. The firefighters had to cut the roof off of his car with the jaws of life to get him out. He was in the ICU at Tampa General Hospital for the last 4 days, and had surgery yesterday to remove shards of bone from his pelvis, and insert a screw, I believe. He's now in a private room, and seems to be improving, though he won't be walking normally for around 12 weeks
