Lucky deputy!

[cal7.62x39]

So driving through town I spot this mangled mess. As I havr stopped watching news for the foreseeable future (thanks OSA for keeping me up to date on relevant issues) I has no idea about this. Looked it up and I guess the deputy was heading to Okay area and got in a single car accident. Somehow got through with only a severe ankle injury. I don't know what he hit, but I immagine it was construction equipment out there. I'm happy hes relatively ok compared to the damage to his vehicle. My prayers go out for a speedy and complete recovery for the deputy.

 

[Catt57]

Wow..... He must have been going at Highway speeds.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

A little duct tape and some baling wire, it’ll be good for another 100k miles.

 

[cal7.62x39]

A little duct tape and some baling wire, it’ll be good for another 100k miles.

That's the Wagoner way!

 

[SPDguns]

I'm pretty good with a hammer and dollie.

 

[DRC458]

Bondo

 

[John6185]

Looks like someone planted an explosive under his hood.

 

[TheDoubleD]

The say cars are designed to crumple and crush to help prevent more sever injuries. Looks like that car did it's job.

 

[SoonerP226]

The say cars are designed to crumple and crush to help prevent more sever injuries. Looks like that car did it's job.

That is true--they are designed to crumple; crumpling increases the time of the impact event, which lowers the force of the impact. If that car had been built 40 years ago, he most likely would've been DRT rather than limping away. It takes a hell of a lot of energy to do that to a modern car, so something was moving pretty dang fast when that collision took place.

 

[Snattlerake]

You can thank NASCAR and racing in general for all those safety features. Remember how a little wreck would dang near kill a driver when they were using factory built cars in the 60's and 70's?

Hope the deputy recovers fast and gets back on the street.