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I don't know about anyone else, but I feel something isn't quite right. "Fearless Journalist Car Crash Into Tree And Dies In Explosion.". http://ktla.com/2013/0

by meric 13y ago

I don't know about anyone else, but I feel something isn't quite right. "Fearless Journalist Car Crash Into Tree And Dies In Explosion.". http://ktla.com/2013/06/18/driver-killed-in-fiery-car-crash-in-hollywood/#axzz2WcYdbrFl http://ktla.com/2013/06/18/driver-killed-in-fiery-car-crash-... Mythbusters have shown this doesn't usually happen. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/crash-and-burn.htm http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/crash-a... EDIT: I made up the headline.

ceejayoz 13y ago
"Explosion" is likely a dramatization of "caught fire and burned rapidly".
CamperBob2 13y ago
Wow. Yeah, that's ... unusual.
harold 13y ago
Just google "fiery car crash" and you'll see it is unfortunately fairly common.
stephengillie 13y ago
The intersection where the car crashed. A median with trees and light posts begins here heading southbound, as well as some trees on the sidewalk west of the street. I don't know which tree was collided with. https://maps.google.com/?ll=34.083531,-118.338458&spn=0.001387,0.000755&t=h&z=20 https://maps.google.com/?ll=34.083531,-118.338458&spn=0.0013... Either the reporter was driving drunk (at 4:15am on a Tuesday morning aka Monday night) or this is some kind of conspiracy (body burned beyond recognition). I'm still not sure how a car "jacknifes", unless that's referring to the opposite ends of the car wrapping around a tree. Normally, that phrase refers to a tractor-trailer combination turning sideways around the towing joint.
- nackerwillis 13y ago
  I saw this on my way to work this morning. I live close, actually. I went around to survey the accident since it's looked pretty odd. Those tree's span for quite a while, and it took him all that time to "jacknife" into one? To answer your question: He hit the 3 or 4 tree in.
acjohnson55 13y ago
A close friend of mine died in much the same way. It happens.

by meric 13y ago

ceejayoz 13y ago

"Explosion" is likely a dramatization of "caught fire and burned rapidly".

CamperBob2 13y ago

Wow. Yeah, that's ... unusual.

harold 13y ago

Just google "fiery car crash" and you'll see it is unfortunately fairly common.

stephengillie 13y ago

The intersection where the car crashed. A median with trees and light posts begins here heading southbound, as well as some trees on the sidewalk west of the street. I don't know which tree was collided with. https://maps.google.com/?ll=34.083531,-118.338458&spn=0.001387,0.000755&t=h&z=20 https://maps.google.com/?ll=34.083531,-118.338458&spn=0.0013... Either the reporter was driving drunk (at 4:15am on a Tuesday morning aka Monday night) or this is some kind of conspiracy (body burned beyond recognition). I'm still not sure how a car "jacknifes", unless that's referring to the opposite ends of the car wrapping around a tree. Normally, that phrase refers to a tractor-trailer combination turning sideways around the towing joint.

nackerwillis 13y ago
I saw this on my way to work this morning. I live close, actually. I went around to survey the accident since it's looked pretty odd. Those tree's span for quite a while, and it took him all that time to "jacknife" into one? To answer your question: He hit the 3 or 4 tree in.

acjohnson55 13y ago

A close friend of mine died in much the same way. It happens.