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re: 20 killed in limo accident...18 in the limo
Posted on 10/7/18 at 9:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 10/7/18 at 9:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
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assume limo driver was drinking till otherwise
Limo was out of control and was careening downhill. He blew through 3 intersections with 18 passengers. That doesn't happen unless something went very wrong with the limo.
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Posted on 10/7/18 at 9:25 pm to chinese58
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They included at least two pairs of newlyweds and parents of young children, including a 16-month old, as family and friends quickly created a Go Fund Me page to cover future expenses.
I don’t need no life insurance!!
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:24 pm to CAD703X
That picture doesn't explain much. Looks like a pile of trash along side a road
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:26 pm to duggieblue
A parent’s worst nightmare..... times 4.
I can’t imagine the grief. No way I’d ever recover.
I can’t imagine the grief. No way I’d ever recover.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:41 pm to CAD703X
Lots of stupidity took place for this to happen.
Hey, lets put 18 adults into an extended vehicle. 18 fricking people? That's a minimum of 3k lbs. Plus the weight of extending it?
Dumbass driver, dumbass riders. It sucks they died but Dammit people, think.
Worst part is they killed 2 innocent bystanders.
Hey, lets put 18 adults into an extended vehicle. 18 fricking people? That's a minimum of 3k lbs. Plus the weight of extending it?
Dumbass driver, dumbass riders. It sucks they died but Dammit people, think.
Worst part is they killed 2 innocent bystanders.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:46 pm to MrLarson
Posted on 10/7/18 at 11:09 pm to MrLarson
Don’t know much about limos do you? These kind of vehicles are on the road with passengers daily. Something went cataostrophically wrong
Posted on 10/8/18 at 12:11 am to CAD703X
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That doesn't happen unless something went very wrong with the limo
It's possible the driver had a heart attack or a seizure and his foot rammed the accelerator. I saw that happen once. Fortunately it was only the driver in the car. This one had 18 helpless people in the back. That's like a plane crash.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 12:17 am to DCtiger1
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Don’t know much about limos do you?
18 passangers?
That was asking for a tragic accident.
People can downvote away but one thing wrong with this country is peoples inability to think for themselves.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 12:41 am to Morty
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. One would think such a dramatic Bethel would require two vehicles hitting each other head-on.
If two vehicles are going 60MPH and hit head on the results are the same as if they were going 60 MPH and hit a parked car or other stationary objet, and not equivalent to a 120 MPH crash which is a common misunderstanding. Each car decelerates from 60MPH to 0 during the impact dissipating the same amount of energy as if they each had decelerated from 60 to 0 by hitting a stationary object, there was a "Mythbusters" episode devoted to the physics incolved.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 7:38 am to CAD703X
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That doesn't happen unless something went very wrong with the limo.
Wonder if the driver had a health event of some kind like a heart attack or a stroke.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 7:41 am to LSU0358
Just read a report that the intersection was notorious for accidents and tractor trailers often blowing through it at high speeds. So much so that heavier trucks are banned from that stretch of road.
Also, one of the family members said they received a text from one of the victims saying the limo was in poor condition. Apparently the limo was sent in place of a bus they had originally rented but broke down.
It was a 17 year old stretch Excursion, I bet the brakes gave out or were just worn enough to be ineffective.
Also, one of the family members said they received a text from one of the victims saying the limo was in poor condition. Apparently the limo was sent in place of a bus they had originally rented but broke down.
It was a 17 year old stretch Excursion, I bet the brakes gave out or were just worn enough to be ineffective.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 7:50 am to jordan21210
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Just read a report that the intersection was notorious for accidents and tractor trailers often blowing through it at high speeds. So much so that heavier trucks are banned from that stretch of road.
Just looking at Google Maps, I don't understand it. You have plenty of visibility of the stop sign and know that an intersection is coming up. I guess I'd have to drive it myself to understand the dangers.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:12 am to Athis
Thats a long way down that hill. This is from near the top and facing the direction the limo apparently was traveling...
Follow the map down the hill to get an idea. Lose your brakes on that decline and you're in trouble.
Follow the map down the hill to get an idea. Lose your brakes on that decline and you're in trouble.
This post was edited on 10/8/18 at 8:13 am
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:14 am to johnnydrama
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. I have no idea if this was the actual vehicle involved but it is an 18-passender Ford Excursion Limo. LINK
Looks like an awfully big and old piece of shite to trust with 18 people. Brakes probably gave out on the way down the hill.
The reddit thread says that it was one of those hills where you wonder how the people get to their houses during winter.
This post was edited on 10/8/18 at 8:20 am
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:40 am to The Boat
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What was the driver doing?
The driver PLOWED through a T intersection.
Likely brake failure going down the hill.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:42 am to dewster
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Likely brake failure going down the hill.
Agree. Imagine that driver if the brakes failed
Gaining more speed as your going down hill with no way to stop. That road goes downhill for a few miles before ending at a cross section road stop sign.
Makes sense where the car ended up. Im guessing all the victims died on impact at the bottom of the hill. Sad
This post was edited on 10/8/18 at 9:47 am
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:44 am to MrLarson
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Lots of stupidity took place for this to happen.
Hey, lets put 18 adults into an extended vehicle. 18 fricking people? That's a minimum of 3k lbs. Plus the weight of extending it?
Dumbass driver, dumbass riders. It sucks they died but Dammit people, think.
Worst part is they killed 2 innocent bystanders.
There's a lot of stupidity in this post.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:45 am to MrLarson
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People can downvote away but one thing wrong with this country is peoples inability to think for themselves.
Saying something really stupid and then doubling down on it doesn't make you a free thinker or smart.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:59 am to chinese58
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2001 Ford Excursion limousine
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That limo was coming down that hill probably over 60 miles per hour
Nearly two-decade old limo likely badly in need of maintenence driven at way too high a speed on a shoulder-less rural road with a 3000lb+ payload. If this were a regular routine for this limo then it wasn't a matter of "if" but a matter of "when" a tragedy like this would occur.
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