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discocrisco01

(1,664 posts)
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 11:18 PM Aug 2022

5 killed, 9 injured in fiery crash as car runs light, slams into cross traffic in Windsor Hills

Source: ABC 7

WINDSOR HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- Five people were killed and nine others were injured in a violent, fiery crash involving multiple vehicles Thursday in Windsor Hills, officials say.

The crash was caused by a Mercedes coupe that was speeding south on La Brea Avenue and ran a red light, slamming into several cars at Slauson Avenue around 1:30 p.m., according to the CHP.

Surveillance video from a nearby business shows cross traffic on Slauson moving west through the intersection as the Mercedes speeds into the frame at full velocity, with no indication it slowed down at all before slamming into multiple vehicles. Flames immediately break out as the mangled vehicles are still skidding through the intersection, coming to a halt in front of a gas station.

At least six vehicles were involved in the crash and three of them burst into flames after the impact.

Read more: https://abc7.com/windsor-hills-crash-fatal-accident-collision-car-fire/12099084/

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5 killed, 9 injured in fiery crash as car runs light, slams into cross traffic in Windsor Hills (Original Post) discocrisco01 Aug 2022 OP
Horrible. Every day I see some fool who's too important to obey a stop sign or red light, sinkingfeeling Aug 2022 #1
I don't think it was a red-light runner, there were several cars moving slowly through. C Moon Aug 2022 #10
you'd have to be both suicidal and psychotic Skittles Aug 2022 #25
Like a movie scene....but real. nt OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #2
I live in Phoenix, and I seldom drive more than 10 miles from my home. LogicFirst Aug 2022 #3
Cripes. LaBrea & Slauson is now Windsor Hills? intrepidity Aug 2022 #4
Yes.. I know the corner Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #13
Video: dalton99a Aug 2022 #5
Wow...that is a horrific crash.... sdfernando Aug 2022 #22
This video is very short. A longer video shows people running towards JI7 Aug 2022 #23
I'll never understand why someone who wants to kill themselves feel like they need to... LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #6
Is that intersection at the bottom of a hill? LonePirate Aug 2022 #9
Yes, there is a slight hill there. LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #11
Very good point. It would certainly seem like a deliberate act then. LonePirate Aug 2022 #12
Brake lights are activated by a momentary switch Mr. Evil Aug 2022 #15
Telegraph (UK paper) reporting major injuries Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2022 #17
That's what that looked like to me too Withywindle Aug 2022 #16
Seems like it is always the filth causing deaths that survives these thing alphafemale Aug 2022 #21
OMG..... Upthevibe Aug 2022 #7
There is a vegan cafe nearby..i would drive all the way from sfv sometimes Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #14
The driver of the speeding Mercedes lived. She must have been thrown C Moon Aug 2022 #8
I might disagree with that scenario elias7 Aug 2022 #18
That makes more sense. Yes. If she was thrown going that fast, she'd have splattered. C Moon Aug 2022 #19
Here's the latest... video report chowder66 Aug 2022 #20
This goes beyond vehicular manslaughter. LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #24
I just read about Anne Heche not being able to test for booze. BigmanPigman Aug 2022 #26
I wonder if it's because of her injuries and she is unable to give consent or if there chowder66 Aug 2022 #27
The Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for cops... LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #28
That makes sense. chowder66 Aug 2022 #29

sinkingfeeling

(51,279 posts)
1. Horrible. Every day I see some fool who's too important to obey a stop sign or red light,
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 11:27 PM
Aug 2022

risking not only their own life, but the lives of many.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
10. I don't think it was a red-light runner, there were several cars moving slowly through.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:17 AM
Aug 2022

It looks like it had been red for some time.
Maybe the comment below is correct: she was suicidal.

LogicFirst

(571 posts)
3. I live in Phoenix, and I seldom drive more than 10 miles from my home.
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 11:48 PM
Aug 2022

But every time I am on the road, I see one or more red light runners.

sdfernando

(4,897 posts)
22. Wow...that is a horrific crash....
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 01:23 PM
Aug 2022

but what I find even more horrific than that is how people just go about their business, drive on and around. I don't see anyone getting out of their cars to see if they could render any help. Witnesses are just leaving the scene.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
23. This video is very short. A longer video shows people running towards
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 01:44 PM
Aug 2022

there trying to help. The fact is in the moments right after People weren't sure what had happened. One person they interviewed said they thought it was a bomb.

It even took a while for people to realize how many cars were involved.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
6. I'll never understand why someone who wants to kill themselves feel like they need to...
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:02 AM
Aug 2022

take others with them.

That wasn't someone who was trying to beat a red light. That was someone who wanted to die.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
9. Is that intersection at the bottom of a hill?
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:16 AM
Aug 2022

Is it possible the car's brakes failed? I'm just speculating as I don't know. I heard the driver of the speeding car was somehow uninjured in the crash so it was a failed suicide attempt. It's still a horrible situation one way or the other.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
11. Yes, there is a slight hill there.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:39 AM
Aug 2022

I don't know that coasting down it would produce the speed she was going though.

Brake failure is a possibility. That would have to have also involved her brake lights, because they never came on as she sped toward the intersection.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
12. Very good point. It would certainly seem like a deliberate act then.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 01:35 AM
Aug 2022

Thank you for the detail I had not noticed.

Mr. Evil

(2,749 posts)
15. Brake lights are activated by a momentary switch
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 03:15 AM
Aug 2022

mounted on the brake pedal arm just above the pedal. Even if the brakes failed the brake lights would still illuminate when the brake pedal has been pushed. It is an electrical function separate from the braking system. So, if the brake lights didn't illuminate the brake pedal was not pushed.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,789 posts)
17. Telegraph (UK paper) reporting major injuries
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 06:27 AM
Aug 2022

The driver, who was identified as a woman, is also thought to have been transferred to hospital after suffering from major injuries. She is conscious and speaking to investigators.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
16. That's what that looked like to me too
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 04:40 AM
Aug 2022

I guess it's irresponsible to speculate, but then I'm not an official involved with this in any way or media, so...that looks like someone who wants to die and take people out with them.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
21. Seems like it is always the filth causing deaths that survives these thing
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 01:07 PM
Aug 2022

Probably DUI or something.

Put he away for life.

She is as dangerous as if she strolled into that intersection with a machete.

Upthevibe

(7,884 posts)
7. OMG.....
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:07 AM
Aug 2022

I'm in that area on those very streets at least once a week.

That's horrible. Sometimes I feel like we're all hangin' by a thread...... It's being at the wrong place at the wrong time....

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
8. The driver of the speeding Mercedes lived. She must have been thrown
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:15 AM
Aug 2022

because that car went up in flames instantly.
My first thought was that she was being chased. Why would someone drive like that toward a busy intersection?

elias7

(3,976 posts)
18. I might disagree with that scenario
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 09:50 AM
Aug 2022

I’m thinking the black Mercedes did not catch on fire with a frontal collision, and that she was not thrown from the vehicle (which would have certainly caused immediate death). The only way she could have survived was seatbelts/airbags.

Doesn’t make sense she was being chased as she just plunged right into traffic. Either fell asleep, texting, or death wish, IMO…

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
19. That makes more sense. Yes. If she was thrown going that fast, she'd have splattered.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:05 PM
Aug 2022

I heard someone say that some people were thrown from a vehicle...I think it was the CHP.

chowder66

(9,011 posts)
27. I wonder if it's because of her injuries and she is unable to give consent or if there
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 12:21 AM
Aug 2022

is something in her treatment that would cause a bad interaction.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
28. The Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for cops...
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 01:00 AM
Aug 2022

to draw and test the blood of someone who was in an accident and suspected of drunk driving. No warrant or consent required.

I'm speculating, but, in a burn victim's case, I imagine that they are immediately given transfusions as fluid/blood loss is a major concern. This would probably result in a diluted, or legally meaningless, blood alcohol level reading. Smoke inhalation/lung damage might also preclude using a breathalyzer.

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