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Sunday, March 25, 2007
The Plethora of Flashing Lights and Emergency Vehicles
Well, I found out what happened early Saturday morning right behind our house. I can’t believe we didn’t hear it happen. I would imagine it would’ve been pretty loud. It’s such a quiet street that it’s a little spooky that someone was driving fast enough to kill themselves, although since the car was a ‘65 Thunderbird, it didn’t have an airbag and he probably wasn’t wearing a seatbelt either.
From the Las Vegas Review Journal: Las Vegas man, 27, dies after single-car crash in northwest
A 27-year-old Las Vegas man was killed when he lost control of the 1965 Ford Thunderbird he was driving and it left the road, colliding with a wall in the northwest valley early Saturday, Las Vegas police said. The crash happened at 5:13 a.m. at Tule Springs Road and Jo Marcy Drive, near Durango and Grand Teton drives, police said. The Thunderbird was heading north on Tule Springs, and the driver lost control while making a right turn onto Jo Marcy, sending the car off the road and into the wall. The driver along with the passenger, Matt Mors, 18, of Las Vegas, were taken to University Medical Center. The driver died a short time after arriving at the hospital, police said. His name was withheld by police. Mors was listed in serious condition. A preliminary investigation indicates speed and alcohol contributed to the crash, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
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I found your post while searching for info regarding this crash. The young man who died was my roommate’s boyfriend and my neighbor.
I thought the same thing about driving so fast that the collision could actually kill you but what you need to know is that Thunderbirds were not made with seatbelts back then and he was crushed against the steering wheel because of this. Also, what otherwise may have been a virtue of the car in an accident (the VERY sturdy metal frame) was actually what resulted in his death due to the fact that the frame was not made to absorb crashes like their current fiberglass counter parts.
Just thought I’d lend more info to your observation.
Take Care
on 03/27 at 12:35 PM
