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Airstrip Crash- Florida- 5 killed

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5 Killed When BMW Flies Off Elevated Airstrip, Hits Top Of Tree

Car Split In Half On Impact

http://www.ocala.com/article/20080127/NEWS/801270355/1001/NEWS01


http://www.local6.com/news/15144329/detail.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325816,00.html

http://www.ocala.com/article/20080126/BREAKING_NEWS/30775910/1053/BREAKING_NEWS

Anyone have more details? Looks like M5? Anyone from the board? :eek:oohhh:
 
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m5rocks said:
Look at the exhausts & wheel...looks like an M5....unrecognizable! wonder how fast they were going?

Drive really carefully guys!
If it M5, they would easily hit 160-170mph. What spped would make 4000lbs car flew 15 feet above the ground? Just hope no drug/alcohol involved.
 
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786forLife said:
Damn. Cannot even recognize if that was a car to start out with. I lost two of my 18 yr old cousins (both brothers) in a high speed joy ridding accident 2 months ago. Just reaffirms that car accidents is the number one killer for the 18-25 yr old bracket.
18yrs with 500hp car out after a party? That not a good combo and hard to keep thing in check. I personally lost 17yrs bro in a car accident over a year ago and the hardest thing to overcome even today is to imagine what he would be like if he still alive. Life is short but u got to respect it.
 
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18yrs with 500hp car out after a party? That not a good combo and hard to keep thing in check. I personally lost 17yrs bro in a car accident over a year ago and the hardest thing to overcome even today is to imagine what he would be like if he still alive. Life is short but u got to respect it.
sorry for your loss :(
 
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My condolences for those who lost loved ones.

I'm sure glad I didn't have an M5 when I was was a teen, might not be here today.
 
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I lost my brother 17 years ago when he , his girlfriend and two fraternity brothers died in a car accident coming home from Vegas, these stories always hit home.

I see many younger members on this board, I'm not only envious to imagine having such a car at a early age...but fearful of what I did with far inferior hardware as a youth. Take this story to heart.
 
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Just terrible. Our prayers go out to the families.
 
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Why would a parent buy an eighteen year old a 500hp car? Eighteen means you are still immature! I think he was set up for disaster. The tragedy here is he took four other young lives with him. Probably drinking involved. A truely ridiculous accident. I pray for them all.
 
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Very sad to hear about this. My condolences to all the families. Please please be careful out there everyone.
 
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My prayers are with josh and his family as well. Being that I am 21 and going on my second M5 i know the temptation is great and sometimes hard to handle at that age. I just thank god that i have learned to drive in a more careful manner and have all eyes focused on the road. This is a very serious car with extraordinar performance, i have learned to respect it because there is a VERY, VERY thin line between losing it and keeping it on the road.
 
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My prayers are with josh and his family as well. Being that I am 21 and going on my second M5 i know the temptation is great and sometimes hard to handle at that age. I just thank god that i have learned to drive in a more careful manner and have all eyes focused on the road. This is a very serious car with extraordinar performance, i have learned to respect it because there is a VERY, VERY thin line between losing it and keeping it on the road.
I think you should consider changing your tag-line then.

One question, what is up with South Florida and kids having these expensive cars? You said this is your second M5? if you don't mind...what exactly do you do? when I was 21 I was getting a commision in the Marines and had a Jeep....used! :1:
 
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This is such a tragedy. I am very upset by this.

Why was he allowed to drive it on a goodam runway at 3AM? Maybe some of the authorites might like to answer that.

Out on the road he could have taken his chances. We cant do much about that. We can control other environments though.

These cars are not designed for airstrips. Planes are for that.
 
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Why was he allowed to drive it on a goodam runway at 3AM? Maybe some of the authorites might like to answer that.

Out on the road he could have taken his chances. We cant do much about that. We can control other environments though.

These cars are not designed for airstrips. Planes are for that.
[Wow. How american of you..to blame someone else.]



Sad, sad event. It is hard enough protecting teen boys from themselves until they reach 25... mine will most definitely NOT be in 500HP cars.

Condolences to the families

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