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Driver, 19, dies after crash so violent it sent car's engine flying through second floor of nearby home while fleeing from cops in Massachusetts
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 22, 2023 | Emma James

Posted on 08/22/2023 6:49:58 PM PDT by Morgana

A teenager died after he crashed his car while trying to flee officers in Massachusetts - smashing into the side of a property.

The 19-year-old man was going so fast that the engine of his 2011 Nissan Altima flew through the second floor of the home in Belchertown, Massachusetts, on Sunday night.

Officers attempted to stop the vehicle at around 8.45pm when they spotted the car speeding down Route 202 South.

The driver sped away from the trooper, running a red light at an intersection before careering off the side of the road, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Investigations by state cops show that the car then flew off the curb before hitting a rock wall and a tree.

It smashed into a light post, a property on North Main Street and then careered into the front end of a 2023 Jeep Wrangler. A 2020 Buick Envision was also damaged.

The engine was launched out of the vehicle and went through the outside of a neighboring house on North Main Street before landing on the second floor of the home.

Police are not identifying the diver, who was thrown from the car and pronounced dead on the scene.

Neighbors described the crash to WWLP-22 as the 'loudest sound' they had ever heard.

Mike Forgue added: 'It was a loud sound. It was kind of amazing actually. You could tell something serious had happened.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: accident; altima; nissan; nissanaltima
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The Kelsey Grammer driving school strikes again
1 posted on 08/22/2023 6:49:58 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Gee. I Wonder


2 posted on 08/22/2023 6:51:19 PM PDT by albie
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To: Morgana

Not knowing anything else except this posted blurb, I am 100% certain when I say that in the grand scheme of things, society just got a huge one for the “Win” column right here.


3 posted on 08/22/2023 6:52:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

4 posted on 08/22/2023 6:52:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Morgana

Didn’t he manage to roll a Dodge Viper?
That’s just impressive.

Unrelated, but have you read the tragedy of his family?
It’s crazy…


5 posted on 08/22/2023 6:55:12 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Morgana

Stupid should hurt.


6 posted on 08/22/2023 6:58:10 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Morgana

Why was the car’s engine fleeing from the police?


7 posted on 08/22/2023 6:58:59 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Morgana

My. Do the homeowners get to keep the engine?


8 posted on 08/22/2023 7:03:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Morgana
The driver sped away from the trooper, running a red light at an intersection before careering off the side of the road...

In this woke world there are all sorts of crazy careers, basket weaving and the like. Adding to the list here with Trooper Avoidance, Red Light Running and Getting Off the Side of the Road.

9 posted on 08/22/2023 7:05:15 PM PDT by C210N (We're at war: Make them have to cheat so much it becomes comical, then ridicule them into oblivion.)
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To: albie

Darwin Award?


10 posted on 08/22/2023 7:08:51 PM PDT by Desron13 (You may choose to ignore reality but you can't force reality to ignore you.)
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To: Morgana
The engine was launched out of the vehicle and went through the outside of a neighboring house on North Main Street

The engine broke free

And identified as a SCUD missile.

11 posted on 08/22/2023 7:10:45 PM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Morgana

you should be able to stabilize the structure using bricks and hydraulic jacks, I would try to do that asap.


12 posted on 08/22/2023 7:19:15 PM PDT by algore
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To: Morgana
Wow, those are some weak motor mounts.

Finders Keepers can sell it on eBay for $250. Shipping might be higher than that, though.

Of course, maybe this IS the engine from that crash.


13 posted on 08/22/2023 7:24:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: John Milner

Because the writer of that sentence is still traumatized from seeing Mama thrown from the train a kiss.


14 posted on 08/22/2023 7:34:22 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: Morgana

So the cops were chasing the car’s engine and the guy was collateral damage?


15 posted on 08/22/2023 7:37:09 PM PDT by x
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To: Morgana

Cops aren’t id’ing the dead kid cuz he was probably torn to shreds. Horrible. Or maybe the cops knew the kid from previous encounters and the kid kept on being released and cops don’t want mud on the face of the DA. Glad no one else was hurt.


16 posted on 08/22/2023 7:41:20 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Getready

On a late night back around 1988, a local 19 year old man from nearby small town Alexis, IL, was driving his late 60s Chevelle VERY fast on northbound US 67. He left the road and hit a big maple tree head on, on the driver’s side. Killed instantly.

The 327 v8 and 4 speed trans was launched about 200 feet into our cow pasture.


17 posted on 08/22/2023 7:54:42 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Morgana

Stupid people die in stupid ways.


18 posted on 08/22/2023 8:00:12 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: Dave911

“Dumb ways to die...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw


19 posted on 08/22/2023 8:02:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Morgana
"Police are not identifying the driver."

Oh, OK then. It's one of them.

20 posted on 08/22/2023 8:23:13 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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