And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Dramatic video has been released of a 56-year-old Dutch man failing to jump a drawbridge and crashing into the water below.
Police say that the driver raced underneath the security barrier before attempting the Hollywood-esque stunt. But, the script did not go to plan as his front bumper crashed into the nose of the concrete barrier, causing the vehicle to flip and land in the water.
It has been estimated that the gap was around five metres – clearly the driver hoped that ambition would trump physics. Physics won.
Bizarrely, the 56-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries he sustained after landing in the water. He broke some ribs and punctured a lung after falling onto a concrete barrier while escaping from the water. But, as the video above shows, this was a miraculous escape in what could have been a fatal accident.
The bridge was closed for several hours while a crane hoisted the car out of the water. - Independent, July 2015
Needs more speed, could have made it doing 120mph. Go big, or go home.
ReplyDeleteNot without some wings to generate some lift. Or an inclined ramp.
DeleteFatal I imagine.
ReplyDeleteProbably. Knocked the fuk out then drowned.
DeleteStupid is as stupid does. Chucky Darwin is smiling.
ReplyDeleteIn a minivan no less. The Dicks of Hazard.
ReplyDeleteIf there was a survivor, it's a miracle.
ReplyDeleteDramatic video has been released of a 56-year-old Dutch man failing to jump a drawbridge and crashing into the water below.
ReplyDeletePolice say that the driver raced underneath the security barrier before attempting the Hollywood-esque stunt. But, the script did not go to plan as his front bumper crashed into the nose of the concrete barrier, causing the vehicle to flip and land in the water.
It has been estimated that the gap was around five metres – clearly the driver hoped that ambition would trump physics. Physics won.
Bizarrely, the 56-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries he sustained after landing in the water. He broke some ribs and punctured a lung after falling onto a concrete barrier while escaping from the water. But, as the video above shows, this was a miraculous escape in what could have been a fatal accident.
The bridge was closed for several hours while a crane hoisted the car out of the water. - Independent, July 2015
Never seen a sliding bridge like that.
ReplyDeleteEven Jake and Ellwood, on a mission from God, wouldn't have tried that stunt.