Video: Insane 100-mph Crash Caught On Tape

[rrneck]

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/08/video-insane-100-mph-crash-caught-on-tape/

Brendan S. Eden is the luckiest man on the planet right now.

The 19-year-old Mason, Ohio, man reportedly was speeding at more than 100 mph when he hit a guardrail, went airborne and slammed into an overpass. The car broke into three pieces and threw him from the wreckage. The dashboard-mounted camera in a police cruiser caught the spectacular crash that left Eden in critical condition and shut down an Ohio freeway for more than six hours this morning.

“He went down into the median, into the grass, hit the guardrail, went airborne and the car hit the center post of the bridge and literally exploded into three main pieces,” Mark Riley, who witnessed the crash, told WTDN-TV.

Eden remained hospitalized in critical condition. The dashboard camera of a Sugarcreek Township police cruiser, which was alongside the 1995 Pontiac Firebird, caught the whole thing on tape. You can see the crash 16 seconds in.

“He is very lucky to still be alive at this point,” said Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Marty Fellure. “You can see behind me the impact he took and where he got ejected and landed, he’s a very fortunate man right now.”

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[midnight armadillo]

1. lucky? try criminally reckless

If the moron lives, his license should be revoked permanently after heavy jail time. Had he catapulted into the oncoming lane there likely would have been multiple fatalities.

[RandomThoughts]

2. Good point.

Noted:

[flvegan]

3. Here's what I thought the first time I watched this: something quite amiss.

100 mph up behind a cop. Into the median, no brake lights.

[rrneck]

4. Yep. I didn't notice that. nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Looks like the brake lights go on about ten feet up in the air. A little late I might add.

After he hits the rail.

[Skittles]

7. suicide attempt

he was aiming for that bridge pillar

[denbot]

6. How the hell did he survive that crash?

If he had any passengers I doubt if any would have survived.