at least the kid is alright.
Posted on 01/07/2005 12:02:10 PM PST by ambrose
Aaron Carter Drives Over Mattress, Escapes SUV Moments Before Flames Erupt
01.07.2005 9:51 AM EST
Singer and his passenger treated for minor bumps and bruises.
Aaron Carter emerged unscathed from an accident late Wednesday night when he hit a mattress with his SUV, causing the vehicle to burst into flames.
The singer, 17, was driving his 2004 Cadillac Escalade on Florida's Turnpike, north toward
Orlando, at around 12:30 a.m. when a mattress fell from the cargo bed of a delivery truck ahead of him, according to his spokesperson.
Carter drove over the mattress, which became lodged under the SUV and caught fire. He then pulled over and he and a passenger escaped to the side of the road where they watched as the vehicle exploded moments later.
Carter, who was heading to Orlando to shoot the cover photo for his upcoming album, Saturday Night, said in a statement, "Everything happened in such a whirlwind. It was like the mattress flew out of nowhere. You think you're invincible when you're behind the steering wheel of an SUV but you're not. I'm OK but you can imagine I'm still in shock."
Both Carter and his passenger were treated at the scene of the accident for minor bumps and bruises. Carter rejected hospital care, choosing instead to spend the night at a friend's house recuperating.
A suicide/killer SUV!
You never have a video camera handy when you need it.
The SUV hit a mattress and exploded? Good thing it didn't hit a tree....It might have been pulverized into dust.
Nothing against Aaron Carter, I am glad he got away alive, but he's one of these manufactured Disney kids. I will never forget years ago I saw a segment on MTV where he was walking around in a Tupac Shakur t-shirt around the family mansion. I was thinking "What a poser".
Old mattresses -- the Next Generation IED.
at least the kid is alright.
Furniture on the highway is very common in Florida, but usually on the public highways, not the Turnpike.
Good thing to learn as early as possible.
Just damn.
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Suicide killer mattress. Must get out the message they cannot be trusted they sneak under you then boom they have you lolled to sleep. Sacked out again.
--I was wondering the same--another one of those "laws of physics" things---
Nothing like being out on your bike with buddy and have two pieces of 4x8 plywood fly out of the truck coming up the interstate on-ramp. Both missed me but one caught my buddy right on the forks. His bike slid into mine and we were both down. I got up and while everything was still moving threw my helmet at the car that was sideways just feet from my buddy (both still sliding). Lucky, he was an off duty cop and knew how to drive. He pulled over the truck and radioed for an ambulance.
Just scrapes and bruises but they did hit the siren as we pulled into the emergency entrance. They rushed out expecting the worst and kept looking for the victims as we both stepped down out of the ambulance van.
I am shocked that there isn't any posts about "what if this had been a sedan" that had hit this mattress. It definitely wouldn't have lodged under the vechicle. More than likely the sedan would have flipped over and no telling how bad the occupants would have been hurt. I guess there is no end to only highlighting the negatives about SUVs and ignoring anything positive. And no, I do not own an SUV.
How long must this carnage go on? Isn't it about time we banned mattresses?
I've seen pickup trucks loaded up with wood or other materials... and little more than a single cord holding it all down.
Yeah, this dink would look naturally in place behind the wheel of an '04 Escalade.
I wonder if he used a booster seat?
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