jokemaster Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 This was the incredible scene after a car cartwheeled more than 100ft through the air before embedding itself in a first-floor flat. John Gordon's Volvo took off after hitting a tree on a roundabout and flew until it crashed into the flats 15ft off the ground and facing backwards. The car smashed into a lounge where 19-year-old Laura Stevens had been a few seconds earlier. [/ Emergency crews spent half an hour cutting free Mr Gordon, 31, but he later died from his injuries. His nine-year-old son, who was his passenger, survived with cuts and bruises. Engineers had to spend three hours dismantling the wall of the flats in Werrington, Peterborough, before they could remove the car. Mr Gordon, from Peterborough, hit the roundabout at around 9.10am on Saturday, clipped a tree and bounced before being catapulted into the air. His car cartwheeled so it entered Miss Stevens's flat backwards, sending debris flying on to the floor. It is believed a neighbour and a paramedic who was passing ran to help and managed to pull the boy from the wreck inside the lounge. Firemen worked from inside the flat to free Mr Gordon, who had been heading along the A15 Werrington parkway towards the city centre. [/ He was taken to Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge but died later that day. Miss Stevens's mother Claire, 38, said her daughter, a supermarket worker, has not been able to go back to the flat since the crash. "She is just so lucky to be alive," she said. "Seconds earlier or later and she would not have made it either." Fire station boss Lynn Betteridge, who attended the crash, said: "We have had to deal with vehicles in buildings before but never one which went into the first-floor." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I refuse to believe that it was a Volvo, at least not an estate. Those things never crumple, they are built like tanks. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-s Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-sLet me explain for our American readers. The 1st floor is the 2nd floor in America. Your 1st floor is our Ground floor. UK|USA B | ? G | 1 1 | 2 2 | 3 etc... Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsk803 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 wow thats odd, u dont see that everyday!! In the time of peace prepare for war-General PattonDsk805 lvl 139 6* mageBlink182lover lvl 100 7* mageFounder and Current clan leader of: PunkRock Lovers(rank#4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-s Somehow I think he meant that many go into the ground floor. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-sLet me explain for our American readers. The 1st floor is the 2nd floor in America. Your 1st floor is our Ground floor. UK|USA B | ? G | 1 1 | 2 2 | 3 etc... Ok, now it makes a lot more sense. Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purfishx Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Woah, at least the child survived. :D Sigs by: Soa | Gold_Tiger10 | Harrinator1 | Guthix121 | robo | Elmo | Thru | Yaff2 Avatars by: Lit0ua | Unoalexi | Gold Tiger . Hello friend, Senajitkaushik was epic, Good luck bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 :o Woah... Did anyone get that on video? I want a Youtube link, people! I mean, people always have video cameras when something bad happens. sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led-Zeppelin Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Natural selection in practice. What an idiot, he must of been going bloody fast to get that much air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I'm still trying to figure out how the heck he was driving to do that, even with the explanation. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Seriously. . . how do you manage that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodredsword Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-sLet me explain for our American readers. The 1st floor is the 2nd floor in America. Your 1st floor is our Ground floor. UK|USA B | ? G | 1 1 | 2 2 | 3 etc... Yeppers...When I went to England this summer, that system played hell on my parents :lol: ...good times :wall: Thats freaking incredible. I wonder why the car didn't blow up? Listen to the mighty words of Bloodredsword. Tip it MGC Xbox live leader board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I refuse to believe that it was a Volvo, at least not an estate. Those things never crumple, they are built like tanks.Plus the fact that a Volvo would never be going at the kind of speed needed for that to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren211 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 So what, the vehicles usually go into the second or third floors? Wtf is that Fire Chief talking about? :-sLet me explain for our American readers. The 1st floor is the 2nd floor in America. Your 1st floor is our Ground floor. UK|USA B | ? G | 1 1 | 2 2 | 3 etc... Amazingly, to fill in the question mark, americans call UK basements a basement! What'dya think they'd be called, "mysterious underground realms of doom"? Hey thats not a bad idea... and I do find it a rather sad story. Out of all the ways to die, end up flying through the air in a Volvo and embedding yourself in the first/second floor. Its also sad because the son is alive and now has to deal with the loss of his father, witnessing his last moments in the air in a crushed up pile of scrap metal. [hide=]tip it would pay me $500.00 to keep my clothes ON :( :lol:But then again, you fail to realize that 101% of the people in this universe hate you. Yes, humankind's hatred against you goes beyond mathematical possibilities.That tears it. I'm starting an animal rebellion using my mind powers. Those PETA bastards will never see it coming until the porcupines are half way up their asses.[/hide]Apparently a lot of people say it. I own. http://linkagg.com/ Not my site, but a simple, budding site that links often unheard-of websites that are amazing for usefulness and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelAssassin Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Link same thing happened a few years ago in Basingstoke www.PETAkillsanimals.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 If that was my house I'd keep the car where it landed. Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knives669 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Wow. It's sad that the father died. :( I feel sorry for his son. Must have been quite a scare... for everyone involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 In my experience the basement is sometimes numbered P so I wasnt sure Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 If that was my house I'd keep the car where it landed. It'd be a nice conversation piece. "Oh this? We got it a while back. Yes, it's a Volvo, no, we don't know how it flew up. Want some tea?" sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashi Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 That lady had her daughter at age 19 ... My greatest ambition is to kill every member of the human race.However I am a realist and therefore know that I probably wont be able to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embraced Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 He must have been going far to fast to have gained that much air But with his son in the car!? It's a miracle that the boy survived. P2P offers more and better ways of making money than f2p. That's one of the cons you just have to play with if you don't feel like having 1 bigmac meal less per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Alex85 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 (Trumpet) Waw Waw Waw Waaaawwww That about sums it up. It really has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaChicken Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Wow, when i started reading this i thought it was pretty funny, untill i read that the guy died :cry: Pretty sad tbh, lucky for the girl and the small boy, but sad for the boys father [/bads] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hells_mishap Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 How he managed that makes no sense. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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