Justabear

This is just how I heard it, it may not be factual! The GT500 was pushing it pretty hard around a corner and lost it, again this may not be true, The truck was supposedly part of a lawn care service, the area is affluent so that could make sense, the GT500 flew around the corner and hit the parked truck. Again second hand, heresay, etc, probably going to be a lawsuit somewhere, like the GT was hot rodding but the truck was parked on the wrong side of the street, etc, etc, etc 500 horse is some serious power to tame. The wreck did not look that bad, I am guessing some other med problems might have existed, heard the car was only a week or so old and he paid 61K for it (highest local offer).

BigDave

From another forum:

A 60-year-old Topeka man was taken by helicopter to The University of Kansas Hospital after a collision Friday in the 6700 block of S.W. Dancaster Road.

Sgt. Akim Reynolds, of the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, said Frank T. Summerson, 60, Topeka, was driving a 2007 Shelby Cobra on Dancaster Road at about 5:22 p.m. when he apparently became ill and his vehicle began weaving across the road.

Reynolds said Summerson was traveling 20-to-30 miles per hour when he nearly struck another vehicle before colliding with a pickup truck driven by Corbin Garcia, of Topeka. Garcia was not injured.

Reynolds said Summerson was taken by American Medical Response ambulance to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center and then flown from there to KU Hospital in Kansas City, Kan.
went back and checked, and his name is not listed in the Topeka obituaries for the last week; assume he is still living.

Justabear

Thanks Big Dave, maybe the guy is OK, maybe there was no excessive speed. I drove by the scene tonight, no evidence of skid marks. This is why I said second hand, etc may not be factual. You know how rumours get out of control.

BigDave

He may not have been driving wrecklessly...may have had a heart attack after driving (the way I do) back down the road!
Sorry about the car, but I hope he is OK to drive again another day.

rebelyell06

Very true. A guy with a viper in my town can't beat cars he out motors buy 200hp because he can't drive it.

Foreu2env

I have a better story... My moms b/f works at Romeo Engine Plant in michigan, he hand builds the engines that go into the ford GT... well right before shut down for 4th of july they have a picnic kinda thing where they bring in all the cars and the plant manager drives them down some isle-way in the plant.. well he took the GT into the parking lot to do a "high speed drive by" and instead drove the BRAND NEW GT THROUGH THE CHAIN FENCE. woops.

xzo6

Interesting,I had a near miss in my 2006 Stage3 Roush yesterday.I was on a twisty and coming round a curve,another guy(elderly gent) from the opposite way thought he was driving in England.If I didn't react(with some help from my Guardian Angel)in one split second,it would have been a "Head 0n"...I really don't know how I avoided him.I wasn't going over the speed limit and my car swerved out the way.My car's handling must be fairly okay because I didn't hit anything.
I am 51 yo ,and I know if there was a collision at least someone would have said I was at fault,likely speeding and too old to be driving that type of car.

danomano

I thought he might of died having sex while driving.

Paper would read.
Man suffers lower injury to private area and bleed to death. Girl get lacerations to back of head from steering wheel.

xzo6

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demarcom

If the guy was 60ish, maybe he had a heart attack, or stroke, which caused the "minor" accident. Happens all the time, people throw a heart attack or stroke while driving....