GTO CRASH another classic bites the dust in minnesota

[moparstuart]

  JUDGE , JURY   &   EXECUTED 

   Forwarded from a buddy from St Paul FD


This was a car wreck we had yesterday around 7:00 pm. It was a 1969 GTO in what was probably very good restored condition. I would guess over $50,000.00 GONE!!!  He was not wearing a seat belt which probably saved his life. He was concious but not alert on our arrival, had open fractures to his legs and a pretty bad head laceration.

This was on Snelling Ave. right out by the fair grounds I guess. Wow!!

[beware the sleeper]

*single tear*

[Ghoste]

Sad to see one go even if it's not a Charger.  Lucky no one was hurt.

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[Hemidog]

If he was wearing a seatbelt, he would have been pushed forward by the seat and strangled?   
Glad he's alive, poor pontiac.

[73chgrSE]

Wow! I hope he recovers. That sucks. Those are my favorite GTOs.

[moparstuart]

 So whats the guess on how fast he was going ?   He had to be going at a high rate of speed . 

[NYCMille]

just goes to show you how UNSAFE these old cars can be... man, that thing just crumpled up... 

[694spdRT]

Glad the guy made it.

Too bad for the Judge. This is unfortunately of fact of life...some will die on the road, some burn up in a garages, or any number of other ways. I do like the "At least it died with its boots on" analogy that someone mentioned in another post.  

[73chgrSE]

Still alot of good parts probly.

[Blown70]

Well, as stated at least it was being driven....

Now, I would have to guess that he was clipping along, that is NO 35mph crash site..........

Tom

[CB]

That GTO was someones baby, he will be more then only pissed.

Poor car. Poor dude.
CB

[tan top]

big wreck    glad he made it out of that , lucky 

[PocketThunder]

So whats the guess on how fast he was going ?   He had to be going at a high rate of speed . 

That is right at Snelling ave and Arlington ave, Snelling ave is 4 lanes and that section of road is between hwy 36 and a bridge over the train tracks, people are always speeding in that section either going to the bridge or comming off of it.  Speed limit there is 35mph, everyone goes 45...    I'm sure he was going 55 at least.   

But, how did he end up on the wrong side of the road facing traffic?

[moparstuart]

So whats the guess on how fast he was going ?   He had to be going at a high rate of speed .  

That is right at Snelling ave and Arlington ave, Snelling ave is 4 lanes and that section of road is between hwy 36 and a bridge over the train tracks, people are always speeding in that section either going to the bridge or comming off of it.  Speed limit there is 35mph, everyone goes 45...    I'm sure he was going 55 at least.  

But, how did he end up on the wrong side of the road facing traffic?

rumor has it he was drag racing an orange 69 charger who got away clean .    


  sorry it must have been a GTX , I have always called them goat xterminators 

[Magnumcharger]

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[Tilar]

rumor has it he was drag racing an orange 69 charger who got away clean .   

Gotta watch them Duke boys, They'll get ya every time. 

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[Go Hogs Go]

Now I understand why my Dad say's so many muscle cars got wrapped around telephone poles. Those old cars will literally wrap around a pole. I think I'll slow down to a crawl when I'm driving my Charger. These things wad up like tin cans. I think I'm definately going to look into a cage this winter.

[Brock Samson]

 these telephone poles are killers,.. shouldn't they be weakened at the base so a car hitting them sheers them off?..
I'm thinking there should be a spec. that some poles "give" to allow a auto through... Just thinking aloud here...