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bad MN Vibe wreck

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:53 am
by joatmon
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com..._2009Quote »2 Dead, 4 Injured in West Metro CrashSemi causes head-on collisionPublished : Sunday, 30 Aug 2009, 10:33 AM CDTNORWOOD, MInn. - A semi rear-ended a car along a two-lane highway -- pushing it into oncoming traffic and killing two people in the west metro Saturday.It happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 212 and County Road 51 in Norwood-Young America.Investigators say the driver of a Pontiac Vibe was waiting to turn left onto county road 51 when the semi ran into the back of it. Pushing it out in front of an oncoming SUVThe driver of the Vibe and the driver of the SUV died in the crash.They're identified as 45-year-old Sandra Babatz and 35-year-old Juan Olvera.A totals of four passengers who were inside the SUV are in critical condition, three of them are small children.Just days ago in Hugo, two people died in a similar crash when a semi rear ended their car as they waited to turn left off of a two-lane highway.

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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:54 am
by northvibe
Id be interested to hear what both semi truck drivers were doing prior.... My BFF lives in hugo :/

Re: bad MN Vibe wreck (joatmon)

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:56 am
by BlueCrush
Holy Crap! That's bad......

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:17 am
by Wolfman213
Had it not been for the door sticking out and the roof racks, i would have never known that was a Vibe since it was so smashed

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:50 am
by Old Tele man
...unfortunately: 55mph + 55mph = 110 mph crash.