Four dead in high speed vehicle crash
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At the Lakeshore dog leg at Cherry Street intersection.
Motor vehicle crashes hittng a concrete power pole are bad.
But hitting a support bent that holds up the elevated Gardiner Expresway deck.
That thing is not going to budge an inch.
The car while it burned, was bad.
But the frame after being loaded to the flat bed tow, man was the front smooshed.
Yes the bettery fire was eventful, but even an ICE vehicle likely would have had multiple fatalities.
Speed and hitting a concrete post- it does no matter what provided the car propulsion in this case.
Motor vehicle crashes hittng a concrete power pole are bad.
But hitting a support bent that holds up the elevated Gardiner Expresway deck.
That thing is not going to budge an inch.
The car while it burned, was bad.
But the frame after being loaded to the flat bed tow, man was the front smooshed.
Yes the bettery fire was eventful, but even an ICE vehicle likely would have had multiple fatalities.
Speed and hitting a concrete post- it does no matter what provided the car propulsion in this case.
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Yeah, agreed. ICE or EV, you just can't defy the laws of physics without facing the consequences.
RIP and a speedy recovery to the (miraculously) surviving passenger.
RIP and a speedy recovery to the (miraculously) surviving passenger.
That survivor is in for a serious recovery if they can full recover at all.
Sad case.
Sad case.
Yeah, this is a fatal crash regardless of vehicle.
Will see more of this as more EV's hit the roads. A good portion of the population are just unskilled at driving not to mention the idiot drivers, distracted drivers and the clueless ones. Throw in the acceleration performance of an EV, it's going to challenge people's lack of driving skills. Rented an entry level EV in Europe, by no means a sport model but in "sport" mode the acceleration was quite surprising.
Tesla tends to attract some odd customers due to the tech and the speed. Mine is one of the very quickest, and I have mine set in "chill" mode, still much faster than a Vette. Driving required concentration and some skill, and it is always wise to read the owners manual to learn how to operate doors manually.
Further east, on the straight stretch approaching DVP/ Don Roadway.
Likely got airborne off one of the 4 or 5 frost heaves in the right lane and couldn't recover.
I dont think they even died from the fire.
G forces would have did them in instantly.
Wonder how that one woman survived.
Sorry, I heard at Cherry and I inferred without further evidance it was where the road dekes.
Probably not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected. Ironic but it happens from time to time.
And the underside of the Lakeshore/Gardiner attracts a lot of FAST drivers who like to hear their ASSHOLE LOUD cars ripping and making a nuisance of themselves.
From what I read a bystander heard screams coming from the vehicle as it started to burn
I thought so also, as that was what was reported. I drove along there toward the end of my shift and found the spot.
This x100. I drove a Tesla and my conclusion is that the onboard software has saved many accidents because these are not simple cars to drive. The power. The weight. The regenerative braking. You need to pay attention and the fact is most people don't.
I guessed/speculated wrong.
Canada Post driver and another passerby had to smash out a rear window to get the one girl out. Real hero's IMO.
'I did everything I could': Canada Post driver recounts helping save woman from fiery Tesla crash
Canada Post driver Rick Harper recounts how he and others helped save a woman from a Tesla that caught fire after crashing into a guardrail on Lake Shore Boulevard.
“But as soon as I got out of the truck, they were yelling, you know, that they needed a bar or something to break the window because they were basically pounding the window with their hands, and that wasn’t getting anybody anywhere. So, I grabbed the bar out of the truck I had,” Harper recounted to CTV News Toronto on Friday.
He and another person, who also stopped to help, smashed the back door window.
“(I) took a few swings at the window, and I passed the bar onto the fella beside me, and he took a few swings, and then the window came out. And then (it) was good to see the young lady come out head first out of the window,” Harper recalled.
The woman was able to walk away from the car and sit on the side of the road, where another passerby comforted her. Police said the 25-year-old woman was later taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Seems like a lot to expect for every passenger to read a manual to know how to exit the car in an emergency.
Some technologies did not need to be improved. I would suggest that car door handles are one of them.
Passing motorist stopped and pulled her out from the back before the vehicle seriosly cuaght fire.