Thrust never changes direction. If the Gov was moving at the speed of the vehicle and the vehicl suddenly decelerates and or changes direction, the free bodies inside will have that inertial force behind them. If, say. the dash or door or roof etc get in the way of the now flying free body it will do what a rubber ball will do in the same situation: Bounce. All over the place. Unbelievably.
So we are to believe that the Governor's SUV was sideswiped, went off the road and hit an embankment head on.
The SUV was going about 100 mph and the accident took all of about 2 seconds.
Normally when people are beltless in the front passenger seat, they are carried through the windshield on impact.
I.e. the vehicle is traveling forward, hits an obstacle and stops, but inertia carries the hapless passenger forward through the windscreen.
We are to believe that the Governor's body behaved differently from all objects in the known universe and traveled backward at vehicle impact rather than continuing forward until he hit something that stopped him.
Add to this that he supposedly has no head injuries of any kind but only injuries to his ribcage and legs.
I hope a thorough investigation is done - the story and the damage done are irreconcilable as it stands now.