This is Heartbreaking
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BMWZ4MC said:Taz x said:
Ouch!
Taz, I suspect that most of that is crash damage, and I would think the driver and car are probably in a similar condition. It's interesting that it seems to be RHD, yet it clearly isn't in the UK
Looks like the states to me..... With the horrid yellow reflectors in the front bumper.
Looks like they cut the A pillars and peeled back the roof to extract the occupants.... Then possible a lot more of the front end have been damaged by dragging it to the scrap yard.
But would still be a miracle if they survived it.
The guy is on Zpost and is still alive, will dig out the thread later but read it before.
I've had some rotund relatives ride in my Z4MC where I thought the only way we might get them out would be to cut the roof off! 
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I think this is the link Wondermike is talking about: http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433991&page=2
It really hit me hard reading that, some kind of intervention was involved because how the hell they survived is more than luck.
For everyone else I will repost the owners of the Zds post. With the pics and the emotional story its a wake up call to all of us. How ever stupid it was, we have all done stupid things, you just have to read the 'how fast' thread.
QUOTE Preyhunter, 11/10/2010 from zpost.com
First of all...if anyone wants to tell me how much of a dumbass I am for the things I've done, save your breath. I think I've already shown myself. Also, I THINK I'm in the clear at this point legally. The passenger is not pressing any charges and it's been almost 5 months since the accident, so I think any criminal charges by the DA would have been done by now.
Most of the information here is what I've gathered from third parties. I don't have much memory from the time I got into the car until I woke up in the ER. Nearly all of the info came from doctors, emergency responders, the accident report, etc.
This is not a linear story. I'm breaking it down into categories. It's easier for me to remember more if I categorize things. My memory hasn't been what it used to be before the accident.
Ok, here goes...
Accident Details:
I left a party at approximately midnight on June 20. The accident occurred within 5 miles of the location of the party. By my calculations, the accident happened no later than 12:15am. The accident was called in at 1:39am and police were on the scene at 1:43am. The car was resting on the roof and had to be righted before we could be extracted. The driver side door was cut off with the jaws of life to extract me and the roof was cut with the jaws of life at the A pillars and bent back to extract the passenger. I was transported to JPS and the passenger was transported to Harris Methodist as to not place an undue strain on a single trauma unit. It is my suspicion that the emergency responders were not sure that either of us would survive. I was informed that “life saving measures” were performed on the passenger. My wife received a call from the hospital between 2:30am and 3:00am to inform her that I was in the hospital and that she needed to get there as soon as she could without putting her own health in jeopardy.
What I Remember:
Note: These are things that I THINK I remember. I'm not sure if these are actual memories, of if my brain is attempting to fill in the blanks and I assume them to be true. The hospital memories have been confirmed.
-Leaving the party and getting into the vehicle.
-Driving past the house where the party took place.
-Watching the speedometer. Passing 140mph and turning to tell the passenger that this is the fastest I've ever been. (My previous top speed was 140mph in my 1996 Ford Mustang GT that was chipped and had a drop-in filter. It was not quick, but it was fast.)
-The “Oh s**t!” moment when the first tire impacted the curb. I also seem to recall hoping that it wouldn't take too much to repair the damage in the split second after that moment.
-Waking up in the ER being extremely thirsty and asking everyone I came in contact with to get me a drink of water.
-Waking up in the ER and removing my oxygen tube from my nose because it was drying out my nasal passages.
-Waking up in the ER and removing my neck brace with my right hand because it was hindering me from talking to my wife and looking around my surroundings.
-Waking up while being wheeled down the hallway from the ER to Observation. All I remember is watching the lights in the ceiling go by. I remember thinking to myself, “This is just like in the movies when someone is being wheeled down the hallway and all they see is light after light passing by from bottom to top.”
-A couple of days in Observation waiting to go into surgery. My surgery was delayed a couple of times and I remember eating only once in two days.
-Just prior to going into surgery, I was being wheeled down the hallway and I saw someone putting something into my injection port and thinking “Won't be long before I'm asleep.”
-Waking up after surgery thinking how right I was with my previous thought.
-Being wheeled out of the hospital to the car to be taken home. That was one of the longest car rides I've ever had.
-I don't remember much of the next month after getting home from the hospital. I spent the entire time living in a recliner. I couldn't sleep in a bed or on a couch. I slept, was bathed, fed, etc. in that recliner for at least a month.
Injuries:
My injuries:
-Concussion
-Bruised ribs
-Bruised lungs
-Broken left arm in 3 places (ulna bone broken once, radius bone broken twice) http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyhunter/ArmSurgery#
-Broken right ankle (non-displaced fracture)
-Multiple gashes on both legs at the knees and below
-Left knee, left wrist, left elbow, left shoulder with multiple issues (non-fractured)
Passenger injuries:
-Concussion
-Bleeding on the brain
-Broken right shoulder blade
-Right elbow nerve damage
The passenger compartment held up quite well. The dash on the driver's side intruded into the passenger compartment quite a bit, but it doesn't appear that it was too bad (I'm still alive). It pinned my legs and gashed my shins to the point that I thought both of my legs were broken at one point.
Photos less than 12 hours before the accident:
These photos were taken after the 3rd coat of wax was applied on the afternoon of June 19th:..
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyh...eat=directlink
Photos after the accident:
My wife took these photos on 6/28/10 I believe...
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyh...eat=directlink
Here is a link to the pictures of the actual accident site. I didn't just hit the curb as I left the roadway, I also hit a concrete storm drain outlet in the field where I left the roadway. It had to be pure "dumb luck" to hit the only thing that was located in the entire field area where the accident occurred.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyhunter/AccidentSite#
As for the question of whether or not alcohol was involved, the accident report does not list alcohol as a contributing factor and the police department did not request a BAC test at the hospital. One of the things that the passenger was pressured to pursue was charges of intoxication assault. The passenger refused to do so.
As to how I am now, you wouldn't know that the passenger or I were involved in such an accident by looking at us. I still hurt in the arm when lifting things or putting sideways pressure on the arm that was broken. I often hurt my arm when leaning on things because one of the screw heads is very close to the skin on the outside of my arm and it causes the skin to get caught between two solid objects. You can feel the screw head and the plate just beneath the skin toward the wrist. My right ankle still gets quite sore at times and becomes painful when bearing additional weight, but I walk normally otherwise. I begin physical therapy next week for my left shoulder. My left knee clicks when I walk down stairs. My memory before the accident was not very good and is even worse since. The passenger had to have the scalp stapled shut and had a surgery on the right arm to move a major nerve in the elbow that had been displaced due to the accident.
No mods had been done to the car other than the stubby antenna. I was ready to tint the windows and do some audio upgrades at the time of the accident. I bought it used and had only made 3 payments on it.
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For everyone else I will repost the owners of the Zds post. With the pics and the emotional story its a wake up call to all of us. How ever stupid it was, we have all done stupid things, you just have to read the 'how fast' thread.
QUOTE Preyhunter, 11/10/2010 from zpost.com
First of all...if anyone wants to tell me how much of a dumbass I am for the things I've done, save your breath. I think I've already shown myself. Also, I THINK I'm in the clear at this point legally. The passenger is not pressing any charges and it's been almost 5 months since the accident, so I think any criminal charges by the DA would have been done by now.
Most of the information here is what I've gathered from third parties. I don't have much memory from the time I got into the car until I woke up in the ER. Nearly all of the info came from doctors, emergency responders, the accident report, etc.
This is not a linear story. I'm breaking it down into categories. It's easier for me to remember more if I categorize things. My memory hasn't been what it used to be before the accident.
Ok, here goes...
Accident Details:
I left a party at approximately midnight on June 20. The accident occurred within 5 miles of the location of the party. By my calculations, the accident happened no later than 12:15am. The accident was called in at 1:39am and police were on the scene at 1:43am. The car was resting on the roof and had to be righted before we could be extracted. The driver side door was cut off with the jaws of life to extract me and the roof was cut with the jaws of life at the A pillars and bent back to extract the passenger. I was transported to JPS and the passenger was transported to Harris Methodist as to not place an undue strain on a single trauma unit. It is my suspicion that the emergency responders were not sure that either of us would survive. I was informed that “life saving measures” were performed on the passenger. My wife received a call from the hospital between 2:30am and 3:00am to inform her that I was in the hospital and that she needed to get there as soon as she could without putting her own health in jeopardy.
What I Remember:
Note: These are things that I THINK I remember. I'm not sure if these are actual memories, of if my brain is attempting to fill in the blanks and I assume them to be true. The hospital memories have been confirmed.
-Leaving the party and getting into the vehicle.
-Driving past the house where the party took place.
-Watching the speedometer. Passing 140mph and turning to tell the passenger that this is the fastest I've ever been. (My previous top speed was 140mph in my 1996 Ford Mustang GT that was chipped and had a drop-in filter. It was not quick, but it was fast.)
-The “Oh s**t!” moment when the first tire impacted the curb. I also seem to recall hoping that it wouldn't take too much to repair the damage in the split second after that moment.
-Waking up in the ER being extremely thirsty and asking everyone I came in contact with to get me a drink of water.
-Waking up in the ER and removing my oxygen tube from my nose because it was drying out my nasal passages.
-Waking up in the ER and removing my neck brace with my right hand because it was hindering me from talking to my wife and looking around my surroundings.
-Waking up while being wheeled down the hallway from the ER to Observation. All I remember is watching the lights in the ceiling go by. I remember thinking to myself, “This is just like in the movies when someone is being wheeled down the hallway and all they see is light after light passing by from bottom to top.”
-A couple of days in Observation waiting to go into surgery. My surgery was delayed a couple of times and I remember eating only once in two days.
-Just prior to going into surgery, I was being wheeled down the hallway and I saw someone putting something into my injection port and thinking “Won't be long before I'm asleep.”
-Waking up after surgery thinking how right I was with my previous thought.
-Being wheeled out of the hospital to the car to be taken home. That was one of the longest car rides I've ever had.
-I don't remember much of the next month after getting home from the hospital. I spent the entire time living in a recliner. I couldn't sleep in a bed or on a couch. I slept, was bathed, fed, etc. in that recliner for at least a month.
Injuries:
My injuries:
-Concussion
-Bruised ribs
-Bruised lungs
-Broken left arm in 3 places (ulna bone broken once, radius bone broken twice) http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyhunter/ArmSurgery#
-Broken right ankle (non-displaced fracture)
-Multiple gashes on both legs at the knees and below
-Left knee, left wrist, left elbow, left shoulder with multiple issues (non-fractured)
Passenger injuries:
-Concussion
-Bleeding on the brain
-Broken right shoulder blade
-Right elbow nerve damage
The passenger compartment held up quite well. The dash on the driver's side intruded into the passenger compartment quite a bit, but it doesn't appear that it was too bad (I'm still alive). It pinned my legs and gashed my shins to the point that I thought both of my legs were broken at one point.
Photos less than 12 hours before the accident:
These photos were taken after the 3rd coat of wax was applied on the afternoon of June 19th:..
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyh...eat=directlink
Photos after the accident:
My wife took these photos on 6/28/10 I believe...
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyh...eat=directlink
Here is a link to the pictures of the actual accident site. I didn't just hit the curb as I left the roadway, I also hit a concrete storm drain outlet in the field where I left the roadway. It had to be pure "dumb luck" to hit the only thing that was located in the entire field area where the accident occurred.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thepreyhunter/AccidentSite#
As for the question of whether or not alcohol was involved, the accident report does not list alcohol as a contributing factor and the police department did not request a BAC test at the hospital. One of the things that the passenger was pressured to pursue was charges of intoxication assault. The passenger refused to do so.
As to how I am now, you wouldn't know that the passenger or I were involved in such an accident by looking at us. I still hurt in the arm when lifting things or putting sideways pressure on the arm that was broken. I often hurt my arm when leaning on things because one of the screw heads is very close to the skin on the outside of my arm and it causes the skin to get caught between two solid objects. You can feel the screw head and the plate just beneath the skin toward the wrist. My right ankle still gets quite sore at times and becomes painful when bearing additional weight, but I walk normally otherwise. I begin physical therapy next week for my left shoulder. My left knee clicks when I walk down stairs. My memory before the accident was not very good and is even worse since. The passenger had to have the scalp stapled shut and had a surgery on the right arm to move a major nerve in the elbow that had been displaced due to the accident.
No mods had been done to the car other than the stubby antenna. I was ready to tint the windows and do some audio upgrades at the time of the accident. I bought it used and had only made 3 payments on it.
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aquazi said:
I'd spotted those, but I was confused by dash the airvents and lack of satnav. Looking again, it is LHD with alu dash...
Reading the link, they were extremely lucky not to hit anything off road (save for the storm drain), to be found, and to be relatively spared serious injury.