Neighborhood crash this morning

[jgerock]

Not too long after my wife left the house this morning, I heard sirens out on our main road. Looking out the rear of our place, I noticed several emergency vehicles along with multiple police cars at the upper entrance to our neighborhood. Glad it didn't involve my wife nor any of my neighbors..

Grabbed the small camera and walked to the entrance. From what I could tell, an Infiniti sedan (J series?) was traveling at a very high rate of speed, clipped and spun a Cadillac Sedan 180 degrees, then the Infiniti ran off the road, into a culvert, flipped and rolled several times then landed on its wheels. The guy narrowly missed a light pole.

The culvert is about 15 feet deep and contains large rocks and cattails.

The Infiniti had its roof cut off in order to extract the driver. I did not see the driver of the Cadillac, but heard he was OK and walking around.

The trunk of the Infiniti had several cases of bottled water which were tossed all over the hillside.

I found a coil spring near the Cadillac and a reflector that was about 50 yards from the final resting place of the Infiniti.

The speed limit on this road is 35 MPH, but it goes downhill so many drivers exceed the speed limit. This guy must have been going at least 50-60 from what I could tell.

Here is the reflector I found in the grass (looks like it came from the front bumper cover).

Tilting the camera up in the same spot, you can see the car about 50 yards away (I walked it off).

Front bumper cover of Infiniti

Drive safe everyone and please buckle up.

[M3M3]

yikes, looks like the infinity was doing more than 60...

[jgerock]

yikes, looks like the infinity was doing more than 60...

"To infinity and beyond"...

To others outside Fairfax County, the last picture shows (1) of the (2) trunk mounted (forward facing) radar guns on the marked cruiser.

[jgerock]

I am sad to report the driver of the Infiniti J30 died 3 hours after this crash. According to the link, he lived just up the road from us in Rose Hill.

http://kingstowne.patch.com/articles/fatal-crash-on-franconia-road#photo-3719464

[Scott Sislane]

yikes, looks like the infinity was doing more than 60...

"To infinity and beyond"...

To others outside Fairfax County, the last picture shows (1) of the (2) trunk mounted (forward facing) radar guns on the marked cruiser.

That's unreal, wow....

so the radar gun on the trunk, that's not the camera that grabs pics of license plates? Why do they have radar on the rear? I saw a blurp on those cameras which is why I ask. As the cops drive around scanning plates, the images feed to a computer that deciphers the plate #'s and runs them automatically.

[jgerock]

Not sure Scott. Don't think I really want to know their real purpose. Might be plate readers/recorders as you mention.

The State Troopers here (MD and VA) are resourceful. Driving home from BWI airport (Baltimore) one evening, I saw a MD trooper speed by a group of cars, then stop in the median and quickly point a hand held radar gun back into traffic.

[M3M3]

That's unreal, wow....

so the radar gun on the trunk, that's not the camera that grabs pics of license plates? Why do they have radar on the rear? I saw a blurp on those cameras which is why I ask. As the cops drive around scanning plates, the images feed to a computer that deciphers the plate #'s and runs them automatically.

dedicated traffic/speed enforcement car. can just park anywhere and light up either side of the fixed mount speed radars. trunk is out of line of sight and relatively protected from road debris when driving.