Posted on 05/08/2018 10:24:37 AM PDT by Gamecock
A mother and her young children were killed after crashing into an alligator on a South Carolina stretch of interstate, according to the coroner's office.
Amber Stanley, 24, her 4-year-old son Jack, and her 2-year-old daughter Autumn all died in the wreck, according to Sean D. Fogle, the Chief Deputy Coroner with the Orangeburg County Coroner's Office.
Stanley and her children all died of thermal injuries due to the vehicle fire, Fogle reported. They were from Callahan, Fla., a town located northwest of Jacksonville, according to the coroner.
The incident occurred when the vehicle Stanley was driving struck an alligator that was crossing I-95, Fogle said.
The crash happened just before 1 a.m. on a northbound lane of I-95, near mile marker 86, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Stanley's 2011 Kia Soul went off the left side of the road and into the median, where it hit a tree and caught fire, Jones said.
The crash remains under investigation by the S.C. Highway Patrol.
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“thermal injuries”
God help them.
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I wonder if they swerved trying to avoid the gator and that’s what caused the accident as opposed to hitting the gator head on.
“...all died of thermal injuries...”
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report lingo for burning to death.
Terrible :(
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I hit a deer that was dead in the middle of the highway once. It was dark and there was no way to go around it in time, so I went right over it.
It was NOT fun. The whole font cowl of my car tore off and I bounced about 3 feet into the air.
I am amazed there was not more damage - I was able to drive on.
Just picture a 150 pounds sack of wet cement hitting you. that’s what it felt like.
Thanks for explaining that lingo. I would not have guessed on the full meaning of ‘thermal injuries’.
I thought reporters would want to report the gory details.
I’m glad they didn’t in this case.
A buddy of mine tagged one on Hwy 90 in east New Orleans in a 240Z. He was lucky to have survived. Gators are pretty solid chunks of meat. As Troy says “Choot ‘em!”
In the early 70s I was driving in the middle of the night, in a 914, in the fog on a raised causeway alongside a lake. I hit a dead deer laying across my lane. I went airborne but landing bouncing and stayed in my lane avoiding an on-coming semi in the opposing lane by inches.
I would think the Kia Soul had similar ground clearance issues to my case.
Horrible. Prayers for their loved ones and friends. Memory eternal.
Once rolled over one in the middle of the road, at dusk, in a Dodge Caravan, going about 40 MPH. Like driving over a log! In fact I thought it was a log, and was going around it, when it moved and darted under my wheels.
Godspeed to the family...
I hit a pregnant doe late one night in Buchanan County Missouri. Driving under the speed limit and she was flung back across the road and up the embankment. Car was totaled front left side and undriveable. Waited a long time for a Sheriffs deputy to come. He was a personable young man who told me with a straight face that they don’t patrol that area at night because there’s too many deer on the roads.
Kia Soul vs. an alligator?
Poor family never had a chance.
Ergo: The true meaning of the 2nd amendment. Huntin’! LOL!
My guess is that, if you look under a Kia "Soul", you'll find a low-hanging, unprotected fuel system -- positioned so that running over an alligator or a standard curb will rupture or dislodge it...
I think you’re always better off hitting them. A friend of mine dodged a deer on a Colorado road and went off the cliff. He survived but he’s a paraplegic now.
When my daughter started driving I put her in a Hummer H 3. Lots of protection and slow. It was a great car and ended up saving her life.
thermal injuries...”
How awful......
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