Just so everyone knows, there was no suspected foul play such as street racing or anything illegal involved. I'm just not sure how a car can explode like that without some major speeding or racing.
Just looking at the pictures of the car being wrapped around a tree (http://www.nydailyne...rt-article-1.1533786), there's no way they weren't speeding. I don't imagine they were racing anyone, and I hope it didn't involve drugs or alcohol, but there was certainly something illegal happening. It looks a lot like an accident that happened near an apartment of mine several years ago. Some kids were driving 90-100MPH in a 35MPH zone, lost control and hit a tree. 3 kids in the car died instantly, and the engine of the car flew another 100-150' from the rest of the car.
Wow that car was wrapped around that tiny looking tree. Even if the fire didn't break out, I doubt they would have survived. There's no doubt that they were speeding.
Just so everyone knows, there was no suspected foul play such as street racing or anything illegal involved. I'm just not sure how a car can explode like that without some major speeding or racing.
Some clever sleuth in the autoblog comments pointed out there was a gas line right at the place of impact:
http://i.imgur.com/OnQtIyN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7MEu8Ru.jpg
http://img.gawkerass...ovrjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg
Wow, good find.
Just looking at the pictures of the car being wrapped around a tree (http://www.nydailyne...rt-article-1.1533786), there's no way they weren't speeding. I don't imagine they were racing anyone, and I hope it didn't involve drugs or alcohol, but there was certainly something illegal happening. It looks a lot like an accident that happened near an apartment of mine several years ago. Some kids were driving 90-100MPH in a 35MPH zone, lost control and hit a tree. 3 kids in the car died instantly, and the engine of the car flew another 100-150' from the rest of the car.
Wow that car was wrapped around that tiny looking tree. Even if the fire didn't break out, I doubt they would have survived. There's no doubt that they were speeding.
He lost control and crashed into a tree which caused the car to explode.
He wasn't driving.
Yes obviously, but this isn't a movie set. Cars don't just explode, if anything they catch on fire. I've seen many accidents in my life.
It's relatively rare but not unheard of. It's overdone in movies but it still happens. http://jalopnik.com/...usually-do-560552028