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Fleet 500
12-20-2008, 06:05 PM
I was driving on a nearby street and saw a very smashed-up Ford Taurus.
I went back to the location on bicycle and took these photos. I sure hope that if there were occupants in the car that they were okay. It's possible that the car was parked there but I don't think so because I didn't see skid marks next to the curb.

I wonder what hit it? I have no idea what caused the collision or how many cars were involved and I didn't see it in the newspaper.
f6fhellcat13
12-20-2008, 06:10 PM
I think it would have had to be parked, there is no way it could have limped home in that condition.
It looks like something higher hit it in the back. Maybe an SUV?
In the second pic, it looks like it got eaten.
baddabang
12-20-2008, 06:15 PM
If it was hit at that location there would be debris all over the road.
Fleet 500
12-20-2008, 06:19 PM
I think it would have had to be parked, there is no way it could have limped home in that condition.
It looks like something higher hit it in the back. Maybe an SUV?
In the second pic, it looks like it got eaten.
Yeah, I think it was something big that hit it, like an SUV or even a semi.

And, yes, from a certain angle, it looks like something took a bite out of it!
Fleet 500
12-20-2008, 06:20 PM
If it was hit at that location there would be debris all over the road.
That's true. I would have seen glass on the pavement (which there wasn't).
It has been there since at least yesterday morning. I suppose it will be towed away sooner or later.
f6fhellcat13
12-20-2008, 06:24 PM
It looks like they swept a little, but I dunno.
Bleeding Heart
12-20-2008, 06:24 PM
Maybe a lorry hit it...

There might also be a possibility that the car was vandalized...
Ferrer
12-20-2008, 06:32 PM
There might also be a possibility that the car was vandalized...
To that extent? I doubt it.

What I don't get is what's the car doing there if the crash didn't happen there. Surely, wouldn't it have been better to tow it to a scrap yard?
Rockefella
12-20-2008, 06:35 PM
To that extent? I doubt it.

What I don't get is what's the car doing there if the crash didn't happen there. Surely, wouldn't it have been better to tow it to a scrap yard?

Guy could have been really drunk and crashed it into a tree. Calling a tow truck would mean police involvement and such.
NSXType-R
12-20-2008, 06:37 PM
That'll buff right out.
Fleet 500
12-20-2008, 06:39 PM
That'll buff right out.
Lol. Maybe, with a LOT of buffing!
NicFromLA
12-20-2008, 06:51 PM
That'll buff right out.

DAMN IT! I was going to make that joke.
Roentgen
12-20-2008, 08:58 PM
If it was hit at that location there would be debris all over the road.

Maybe they cleaned up the debris?
NSXType-R
12-20-2008, 09:19 PM
DAMN IT! I was going to make that joke.

Better luck next time...
#1 Mustang Fan
12-20-2008, 10:07 PM
Maybe a lorry hit it...

There might also be a possibility that the car was vandalized...

Yeah someone might've started hacking into with a chainsaw or something.. I'm sure you would find a way to vandalize a car into that state.

-.-
fpv_gtho
12-20-2008, 10:17 PM
It looks like a pretty typical offset crash to me, a car-car crash could easily cause that much damage considering the whole width of the rear didnt absorb the impact.
johnnynumfiv
12-20-2008, 10:56 PM
Looks like it just missed the side of the reinforcement beam, which is made to take the impact. The rear body panel behind the beam isn't really made for an impact. What ever hit it had to be moving along pretty good tho, it even kinked the other quarter and pulled it back(look at the back door gap).
IBrake4Rainbows
12-21-2008, 05:49 AM
The entire wheel assembly looks shunted out of place.

From the nose damage I presume it may very well have been a nose to tail or a parked car that was forced into the back of another parked vehicle.

EDIT: and the airbag hasn't gone off. So Fortunately I doubt was inside.

Either way, Hell of a way for a Taurus to die.
Bleeding Heart
12-21-2008, 06:54 AM
Maybe they cleaned up the debris?

Where's the skid marks...?
Matra et Alpine
12-21-2008, 07:33 AM
leading up to the front wheel you can see in first pic.
Does look like a ran into it while parked deal :)
johnnynumfiv
12-21-2008, 05:19 PM
EDIT: and the airbag hasn't gone off. So Fortunately I doubt was inside.


I've fixed cars which have had smashed airbag sensors from the accident, and they didn't go off.:p
SupraMan22
12-21-2008, 08:17 PM
Where's the skid marks...?

there are skid marks.. and there is pieces of glass laying in the street.. it's pretty visible in the pictures
in1fastcar
12-21-2008, 10:32 PM
Some grey duck tape and a hammer and i will have back to you in a week!
wwgkd
12-22-2008, 12:35 AM
Ducktape and bondo for the redneck win.

I was in an accident riding in my grandmothers continental when a tacoma ran a red light at 55mph and hit the front drivers side. Her airbag went off, but mine didn't.
ThisBlood147
12-22-2008, 06:21 PM
Guy could have been really drunk and crashed it into a tree. Calling a tow truck would mean police involvement and such.

Driving drunk in reverse at those speeds?.................impressive. Unless the tree was a really drunk Ent that tripped over his car.:D