Hellcat Crash

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  1. SRT-Tom

    SRT-Tom Well-Known Member Staff Member Super Moderator Article Writer

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    In 2022, New York Jets' cornerback Brandin Echols was involved in a high-speed crash while driving his Dodge Charger Hellcat. The driver he hit is now claiming he’s partially paralyzed after his BMW X5 was launched over a guardrail and flipped on its roof.


    Where the crash happened was on the Columbia Turnpike in the Morristown Airport area, not far from the NY Jets’ practice complex located in Florham Park, New Jersey. The BMW driver was trapped in the vehicle for about an hour until first responders could extricate him. He suffered some broken ribs from the crash and required spinal surgery.” He apparently is still receiving medical treatments for the condition.


    His attorney alleges the Hellcat’s data recorder says the muscle car was going up to 111 mph, in a 50 mph zone, before the crash.


    NY Jets Brandin Echols Hellcat Crash Video Surfaces (yahoo.com)
     
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    It appears he may have intentionally run into him causing the result.
     
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    The article states that the cause may have been torque steer.
     
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    I would like to know what the speed of the BMW was at the time of the incident. This was no Accident as both drivers were not exactly going the speed limit.
     
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    You may be right. They could have been racing. A BMW X5 turbo is fast. It can do 0-60 mph in 3.7 sec. and the quarter mile in 12.2 sec., with a top speed of 155 mph.