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A south Florida family is shaken but grateful to be unharmed after a C8 Corvette hardtop convertible came speeding through their neighborhood on Christmas Eve, hopped a curb, and plowed through their front yard—crashing through a wooden fence and into their boat trailer and the concrete wall of their home.
The dramatic scene in Palmetto Bay was captured on the family’s Ring camera, which shows the black Corvette barreling off Southwest 174th Street, tearing across the lawn, and smashing through a fence before coming to rest beside the house, then backing out over the damaged fence before onlookers stopped him. The impact left debris scattered across the yard and caused significant damage to the property.
“It sounded like an explosion,” the homeowner said. Her children had been outside earlier drawing with chalk, but the entire family happened to be indoors when the crash occurred. “If something would have terribly gone wrong… this is just repairs that have to be done to our home and our boat. But if something terribly would have gone wrong, this is a memory that would stay on our mind forever.”
The crash happened early Christmas Eve evening. The homeowner says everyone inside was startled by the noise and ran outside to see the damage. Thankfully, no one was injured.
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Police were called immediately, and the driver has since been ticketed – his Corvette suffering damage to at least the passenger side visible in the video and likely to the front end and driver’s side as well. The family, who moved into the neighborhood just six months ago, says the incident has shaken their sense of safety.
“It’s a holiday… it’s very scary,” the homeowner said. She’s still unsure how much the repairs will cost.
In the days since the crash, the damaged fence remains on the ground, and pieces of the Corvette’s impact path still litter the yard. Neighbors told Local 10 News off camera that speeding has long been a problem on the street, and they’ve been asking for speed bumps for years.
The homeowner agrees.
She hopes the crash will finally prompt action before someone is hurt.
Source:
Local10.com
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“He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner.”- Buddy Baker
Thanks, Ray
Way to ruin Christmas for those poor homeowners butthead!
Too easy to buy a high performance car today. Should be some required training unless proof of prior experience. Be interesting to know the whole story starting with how long he’s owned the car.
This is why I don’t have a problem with the prices of C8’s staying high. These morons should be driving and wrecking Mustangs, unable to afford a C8.
IPD, That is a seriously ignorant comment. Mustangs for quite a while now are a lot more expensive than they used to be and at this point if you can afford one you can afford a Stingray too.
Also the video shows the driver as an old dude. He’s in the picture wearing tan shorts. So this is a typical Corvette owner, old geezer who no longer has the reaction times to handle such a car.
Actually the shirt in the video looks more blue, the more I look at it, so the tan shorts guy may not be him, but still obvious it’s an old white dude driving from the video thumbnail. Still invalidating that STUPID Mustang comment.
“insane moment” and “Florida”, like peas and carrots.
I am insulted that you associated “Old Geezer” with this old dude. I am an Old Geezer with ownership of a C8 Z06 which is my 7th, Corvette. Typical Corvette owner? I think not. How many of you, assuming you are all Corvette owners would be at speed on a road that ends in a “T”. This was just a dumb move by someone who has more money than talent.
By the way I’m 75 and enjoy the hell out of my Z06 🙂
Anyone see the recent in-car video of Old Geezer Ron Fellows wheeling a C8 ZR1 around Mosport – ancient words of wisdom are “Respect your Elders” plus they taught their offspring how to use a fork.
Right there with you, Old Geezer. I’m 71, have an ’08 Z06 and a ’69 convertible. I’ve never had a wreck or gotten a ticket (not that I’ve never deserved one). Usually (key word) I’m a very conservative driver. I fell in love with Corvettes when I was 5, and always said if I could ever purchase one, I’d take great care of it. Most “Old Geezers” have that same mindset. There’s always going to a few in the gene pool who will do what this joker did. I’m so happy the family is fine. I hope they hit the idiot with punitive damages, as well as the cost to restore their house and boat to perfect order.
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