I was on my way to dinner @ the olive garden tonight and saw a really bad s2000 wreck @ midway/beltline in Addison. It was a stock pre 04 new formula red and side was crushed, I think it hit a big light pole. When I get to the scene there were at least 2 fire trucks, an ambulence, channel 5 news crew and a bunch of people standing around.

They had to cut the top off the car with some powertools and the person was taken away in an ambulence. I hope it wasn't anyone here, looked like a definete injury accident. I thought the S2000 had a really good crash rating, I remember someone driving theirs off a mountain and being okay. Should be on the local news tonight, just thought i'd give a heads up.

 

Yes, it was shown on Ch 5 tonight at 10 pm, and they did have to cut the car to get the driver out. Hope he or she is OK. Looks like slick streets were a factor.

 

channel 11 said it was a 20yr. old female. I hope to god she is ok

 

Yeah I didn't see if it was a guy or girl they were already in the ambulence and the crew was cutting the rest of the top off the car and cleaning up the debris. My gf who was considering getting a s2k in a month or two had some serious doubts after she saw that accident. The streets were very slick as it had just started raining about an hour earlier.

I made sure not to give it too much gas on the way home, rwd+torque+heavy foot+wet roads=bad things.

Hope she's alright though.

 

Any car can kill you, no matter how safe it is. For a convertible the S is damn good, better than most SUV's in a roll over. It's not as safe as an Abrams, but it does cost a little less.

Here's hoping she's ok!

 

 

I was eating at Taco Cabana last night when my mom called me to make sure it wasn't me she saw on the news......NFR S2000. I love my mom!

 

Worrysome... any one know who it might be? Not too many of us gals driving NFR S2000s. At least not many on the board community....

C-

 

I once saw a picture of an S2000 that hit a telephone pole on the passenger door - looks like it intruded half-way into the seat. Driver was fine, said something about going 80mph. Anyway, the point is that I suspect there's a lot more to this story than just hitting a light pole (which are designed to break away on impact anyway, right?) Possibly she was broadsided by another vehicle, or there was some further factor such as not wearing a seatbelt. I just find it difficult to imagine somebody getting seriously injured in a single car situation like this, regarldess of how slick it was.

 

[QUOTE=Elistan,Apr 25 2005, 07:19 AM] I once saw a picture of an S2000 that hit a telephone pole on the passenger door - looks like it intruded half-way into the seat.