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The still-shining headlights of an Arctic White C8 Corvette Stingray coupe provided an eerie scene after an accident split the sports car in half, leaving the driver dead and sending a female passenger to a hospital with moderate injuries.
The accident happened just before 10:20 p.m. Monday in Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, California near Sonoma State University, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP-Santa Rosa Officer David deRutte said the driver was speeding “excessively” when he lost control of the Corvette and veered off the road on Petaluma Hill Road at Laurel Drive, a side entrance to the university campus. The Corvette then struck a large tree and split in half, with video from the scene showing the two parts of the car on opposite sides of the tree.
The identity of the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene after being extricated from the Corvette, has not been released, pending notification of his family.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call CHP-Santa Rosa at 707-806-5600.
Source:
petaluma360.com
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Sad… my sympathies to the drivers family. I am glad the passenger was ok… but the mental healing will suck…
But I have seen more than one mid-engined car split like this. I figure they break at the point where the rear frame rails join to the passenger compartment…
Another reason for cars being engineered to “understeer” is that , if the worst does happen and control is lost, it’s generally safer to crash head-on than sideways; benefiting from larger airbags and significant impact absorbing crumple zones in the vehicle, plus we are physically better able to with stand a frontal impact than one from a side impact.
Perhaps, the female passenger may decide to only ride along with boys driving “front engine” cars and/or SUVs in the future?
“May the Corvette C8 driver rest in please”!
Many thanks,
Ray
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