Comments on: Multi-Vehicle Car Accident Captured on Google Street View

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:14:32 +0000

Another crash 9398 Farm-to-Market 78

San Antonio texas

By: raph

raph — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:46:43 +0000

You should add the Arizona stamp at the top of the post (and put it in the equivalent category too)

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:36:29 +0000

It looks to me like the Audi was traveling south on N 7th and the Range Rover ran the stop sign and turned left in front of it (attempting a turn from E Earll to travel north on N 7th). There’s plenty of damage to both vehicles — the front-end of the Audi is all over the road along with fluid from the engine (you can see this damage better on the Earll St view). The collision damage to the Range Rover is entirely on the other side — it was hit on the driver’s side and the impact flipped it once. The Audi was most likely going straight through this intersection on N 7th where there’s no stop sign, so it wouldn’t have slowed down, providing the speed necessary to flip the Range Rover.

By: WRA

WRA — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:56:50 +0000

If you click a few steps down E Earll, you’ll also see an Isuzu SUV loaded down with pallets parked in an awkward spot. It may be related to the accident or just a nice person who pulled over to help. Also note the bad ass Mustang turning the corner by the accident. Nice car!

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:21:18 +0000

With the high center of gravity of SUV’s it isn’t surprising at all that if flipped. Cars are dangerous, people should walk. But… I live in Brazil and people here drive like lunatics.

By: Jack M

Jack M — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:34:25 +0000

I agree about the jaws of life training… That would explain the fuel can on the bumper of the fire engine and the condition of the cars.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:32:01 +0000

Zigmar, I believe that comments #6, #7 and #9 are all in reference to Keir’s post #5.

By: myquealer

myquealer — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:31:43 +0000

I think Vincent is right that the Range Rover was on Earl, turning onto 7th northbound and failed to yield to southbound traffic on 7th.

I further postulate that the Range Rover was driven by the guy in khaki short-alls. This guy suffers from paranoid delusions involving minivans with big black cylinders on the roof. He heard one was in the neighborhood. He assumed it was looking for him. He did what any person suffering from such delusions would do. He stole the Range Rover and high-tailed it out of there. Unfortunately for him the Audi was heading south on 7th just as he sped through the intersection. He swerved to avoid the impact, but failed and rolled the Range Rover. He is in the process of surrendering to the motorcycle cop, ready to be handcuffed, in the hopes the police can protect him from those mysterious minivans. One second after this picture was taken he turns his head, notices the minivan and runs screaming through the hedge behind him. He was found hours later cowering in a tree along the 13th fairway of the Phoenix Country Club.

How do I know all this I hear you asking? I’m the guy on the corner pretending to tie my shoes, though if you look closely my shoes are slip-ons.

That’s exactly how it happened… pretty much.

By: Zigmar

Zigmar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:26:03 +0000

@Jens, the exercise version seems totally unfeasible to me. I don’t think one will do an exercise in the middle of an intersection during day, even without fencing off the area. Besides, the smashed bumper of the Audi (torn off and small debris on the ground) looks completely real and not like anything made on purpose. I onece had a low-speed (20-30kmph combined) accident, and my car’s front looked much like the Audi’s in this image.

BTW, my version with Audi hitting already flipped SUV can explain, why there is no marks of collision of visible side of SUV - it could be just on other (left) side. Vehicle laying upside down on roof aren’t very stable, and hit of the car (Audi) could have easily make it spinning, hiding the collision point from the view. And if this correct, Vincent’s version about SUV original direction could be wrong because it could come from virtually every direction, but than spinning to its final position.

By: Jens

Jens — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:42:16 +0000

Also, if you notice the cars are right next to an auto salvage yard. I would guess the firefighters were there practicing on cars with the jaws of life