I just got these pics in on this fatality accident from Easter weekend from Paducah Sun Photog Stephen Dennee.
The two women in the SEC were traveling on Interstate 24 and crossed the median and hit the maroon car head on. Indiana Troopers estimate the combined speed at impact to be around 100. Both occupants in the SEC died.
j/k that's horrible, and scary; Did they have seat belts on, was there air bag deployment? What happened to the occcupants of the other car?
That's frightening as a Benz owner, they are supposed to protect you in bad wrecks - this one had passenger cell deformation - yikes
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The reason I posted was to show that, even on a 15+ year old car the air bag did deploy [which has been a point of discussion on these boards]. I talked to the investigating trooper and he said that even though the bag deployed, and the car crushed as it was designed, the closing rate of speed was still too great.
From looking at all the pictures it does looks like the SEC crashed "as designed" but there was just too much physics going on to keep things safe.
The women were running errands before heading out to the casino for a day of fun.
The car looks like a fully tricked AMG SEC from all the pics. There were no pics of the badging on the back.
j/k that's horrible, and scary; Did they have seat belts on, was there air bag deployment? What happened to the occcupants of the other car?
That's frightening as a Benz owner, they are supposed to protect you in bad wrecks - this one had passenger cell deformation - yikes
Considering the combined speed of 100 mph, it held up well. From the one pic I can see the passenger cage had minimal intrusion (the bottom sills had zero "high strength steel") with a slight buckle over the driver's side A-Pillar. It looks as if the red car was speeding, and the SEC was cruising leisurely. The SEC clearly took the lion's share of the impact energy. Don't forget it's also pillar-less!
Occupants were likely killed due to the excessive tension of the seatbelts and/or head contacting interior appointments.
I am quite upset that this happened. Even manufacturers of today are promoting reckless driving...Anybody see the new Acura TL commercial where an owner is speeding through crowded streets with total disregard for the law?
That's just an example of how well a car can maintain its integrity and the occupants are STILL killed. There's more to it than just having a car look pretty after its been wrecked.
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