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Old 04-22-20, 12:08 AM
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ZHVelo
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Originally Posted by mjac
Nope, where the car came to rest is a good 100 yards West of the point of impact. The point of impact is established by two of the fence posts that were sheared off at their base clean without even pulling up the base mounted to the small sea wall. The bumper which was the first contact came off about 20 yards east of the point of impact. He was traveling east to west on top of the Bike Path the same direction the car is pointing at a high rate of speed. For that car to launch itself over the small sea wall and carry another 100 yards past where it went over the sea wall, he had to be going 40 - 50 mph as a good guess. That's 40 - 50 mph on a 9' wide bike path lined with 3' square concrete trash cans most probably at night. Go figure.
But if he was on the bike path, how did the car launch over the concrete? Lifting off from going up the embankment seems the only logical explanation. Though you did say "you are not going to believe this". Did you see it happen live?
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