GEAR M UP Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Japan Crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 sometimes you just can't park just anywhere... i bet that other driver was mad, he just stayed in the car. he must have been hot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevySSandChevy8.1 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 apparently both survived I saw that clip on one of those real tv type shows. Intense though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeputySS Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 This was posted on automotiveforums.com and a moderator replied with this: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- actually, the driver DID survive and is still alive today. his name is Tetsuya Ota, and he just recently won a lawsuit against the track. 90 million Yen (about $850,000) went to him in the lawsuit. he sued because the safety crew left him in the blazing inferno for almost 90 seconds before trying to extract him from the car. he suffered major burns to most of his body and was forced to end his driving career as a result of the injuries sustained. his new nose had to be fashioned out of skin grafted from his forehead and he still has trouble to this day moving his right arm and hand. i have another video of the aftermath of the crash, which is very hard to watch. the driver climbs out of the car and immediatley falls on the ground onto his back. smoke can be seen billowing from the frontal opening of his helmet as he lays there. after a few seconds he tries to get up and immediatley falls over again. at this point an emergency worker comes over and helps him to walk off of the track, but the driver is thrashing the entire time trying to get his helmet off, which is undoubtedly melted to his face and head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I asked him to post that video, and will share here if he does. edit: here it is Second half of video News Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS1316 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 This was posted on automotiveforums.com and a moderator replied with this: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- actually, the driver DID survive and is still alive today. his name is Tetsuya Ota, and he just recently won a lawsuit against the track. 90 million Yen (about $850,000) went to him in the lawsuit. he sued because the safety crew left him in the blazing inferno for almost 90 seconds before trying to extract him from the car. he suffered major burns to most of his body and was forced to end his driving career as a result of the injuries sustained. his new nose had to be fashioned out of skin grafted from his forehead and he still has trouble to this day moving his right arm and hand. i have another video of the aftermath of the crash, which is very hard to watch. the driver climbs out of the car and immediatley falls on the ground onto his back. smoke can be seen billowing from the frontal opening of his helmet as he lays there. after a few seconds he tries to get up and immediatley falls over again. at this point an emergency worker comes over and helps him to walk off of the track, but the driver is thrashing the entire time trying to get his helmet off, which is undoubtedly melted to his face and head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I asked him to post that video, and will share here if he does. edit: here it is Second half of video News Story <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Wow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davechevyss Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 oh my god........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDCRAVIN Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 That is one of the worse I hae ever seen. That guy probably will not ever see again. JOSH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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