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Man, ejected from vehicle, survives violent crash at Florida toll plaza [video]
FoxNews ^ | 6/13/18 | Travis Fedschun

Posted on 06/14/2018 1:36:11 AM PDT by iowamark

A sleepy driver slammed into a toll plaza in Central Florida earlier this month sending a passenger flying into the air in a moment captured on surveillance video.

The Florida Highway Patrol released video of the fiery crash in Osceola County on Monday, which took place around 7:15 a.m. on June 3 near St. Cloud, located south of Orlando.

The speeding car is seen in video striking a barrier in front of a toll lane, sending a man flying out of the vehicle.

The man lands in another toll lane near where a car was paying a toll.

State troopers told FOX13 they believe the driver, Steven Dos Santos, 23, was asleep or fatigued at the time of the crash. There were five people in the car at the time of the crash, according to police.

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Driver asleep. Five people in the car, one passenger thrown 30 feet, car on fire, only minor injuries.
1 posted on 06/14/2018 1:36:11 AM PDT by iowamark
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video:

https://youtu.be/TTAxs4kswkU


2 posted on 06/14/2018 1:36:38 AM PDT by iowamark
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Don’t see anyone rushing to help...but then they are government employees


3 posted on 06/14/2018 1:39:11 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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Wow they are all very lucky, in my opinion.

If that guy had planned that, there was not other way he could have done that without hurting or killing several people.

It could have been a LOT worse.


4 posted on 06/14/2018 1:41:59 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: iowamark

Reason to wear seat belt?


5 posted on 06/14/2018 1:48:20 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: iowamark

I would imagine those concrete barriers have saved hundreds of lives.


6 posted on 06/14/2018 1:56:58 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-https://youtu...8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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I suspect a seat belt in this case would have killed him. He free-flew out the front windshield lowering the otherwise high-g sudden stop. Of course, predicting beforehand which effect is more deadly is impossible.


7 posted on 06/14/2018 2:03:17 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: iowamark

that’s a Goodies headache


8 posted on 06/14/2018 2:25:17 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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Mechanism of injury.


9 posted on 06/14/2018 2:27:48 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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I suspect a seat belt in this case would have killed him. He free-flew out the front windshield lowering the otherwise high-g sudden stop. Of course, predicting beforehand which effect is more deadly is impossible.

hmmmm ya might want to think that through a little. There is a little "give" in a seat belt and the airbags work on the deceleration. That is unless you put your feet on the dash, unbuckle and decide to let the ground outside....like say concrete.. that doesn't budge a inch stop you. hahahahahahahaa...... That guy BOUNCED after he hit the ground while flying through the air with the greatest of ease.

10 posted on 06/14/2018 2:53:23 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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We should ban toll booths.


11 posted on 06/14/2018 2:55:41 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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I would imagine those concrete barriers have saved hundreds of lives.

It probably saved the life of the toll booth worker.

12 posted on 06/14/2018 3:13:30 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: iowamark

Sorry about your friend, uh, buck 25, please.


13 posted on 06/14/2018 3:14:58 AM PDT by healy61
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How about the guy at 24 seconds walking away from the crash.


14 posted on 06/14/2018 3:16:47 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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Really looks like a lot of “Duhhh,what do we do” going on.


15 posted on 06/14/2018 3:17:28 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Telepathic Intruder

What saved the other 4 people in the car?


16 posted on 06/14/2018 3:28:19 AM PDT by iowamark
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You see the problems toll booths cause? They ought to be banned! ;-)


17 posted on 06/14/2018 3:28:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
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God.


18 posted on 06/14/2018 3:28:43 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Dick Vomer

A seat belt is probably best in 99 out of 100 cases. Years ago, one of my female cousins drove into a construction area and hit a trench. She flew out the front windshield and onto the pavement. When I was told that, I immediately thought she was dead or injured, but she was neither. Just a few scratches. You can never tell.


19 posted on 06/14/2018 3:29:02 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I wonder how the heck the ejected passenger survived THAT. Or didnt wind up a vegetable on life support.


20 posted on 06/14/2018 3:30:44 AM PDT by lowbridge
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