Accident on south 675 here in Dayton/Sugarcreek was the worst thing I’ve ever witnessed.
by Lonnie on Aug.23, 2010, under Uncategorized
Update: The driver of the firebird is named Brennan Eden and apparently he’s in ICU right now, I’m surprised he’s hanging on. Hopefully he pulls through.
Second Update: I added my own copy of the youtube video, but I added annotations to help point out a few things.. see the bottom of this post
Third Update: Apparently police had Brennan in custody 20 minutes earlier in relation to drug paraphernalia and an unopened alcohol container.
Fourth Update: Someone pointed out to me today just how lucky Brennan is that I reacted so quickly because of this… I had my cruise control on and I was locked in at 65mph flat, at that speed you’re traveling 95.333 feet per second .. if I had been even half a second slower to apply my breaks, I would have ran him over and been at least 20 feet past him .. Kind of freaks me out to think about that.
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This morning was like any other morning.. Up at 6:00am, out the door and on my way to work.
7:15am I am in the center lane heading to work like I always do when I noticed in my rear view this car moving VERY fast and passing cars on the shoulder, which was insane because the car to the back left of me was a police cruiser. I had no idea what this person could be thinking flying by a cop doing easily 100mph.
The next few seconds were absolutely surreal .. the firebird lost control and hit the guard rail at full speed, which launched the car into the air under the overpass/bridge .. my guess is at least 10-15 feet, probably more.. His car hit the center concrete support beam and then broke / exploded into 3 large pieces and a few smaller pieces.. Part of the car came to an immediate stop when he hit the beam, part of it went off into the oncoming traffic and fortunately did not hit anyone, and then the rear of the car went on another hundred feet or so .. The driver ( un named at the time I write this ) was ejected a couple hundred feet and landed quite literally 10 feet in front of my car where I had just managed to come to a full stop.
When I saw this man there on the shoulder of the road quite far from where it began, I didn’t know what I was looking at .. I was in complete and total shock, I at first thought it was a seat from the car, or some other form of debris.. 10 seconds or so later I realized what I was looking at and I got out of my car as fast as I could, I looked back to see parts of the car in flames and people getting out of their vehicles.. I saw a cop, the same cop this man flew by .. getting out of his car and people running to the wreckage.. I yelled “He’s over here!” and people came running.. He was miraculously still breathing but he was clearly a mess, he looked hardly anything like a person.
Within about 10 or 15 minutes, care flight arrived and they loaded the man and took off.. I was SURE he was gone by the time they arrived but apparently now, at last check nearly 8 hours later, he’s still alive and in critical condition and Miami Valley Hospital.
I’m fortunate, as are the others.. the amount of force needed to do this to a car, the amount of damage done and the sheer distance this man was thrown from his car.. it could have easily killed us if the debris didn’t land where it did.
My thoughts go out to him and his family.. He’s lucky to be alive, and I hope very much that it stays that way.
My Mustang - He's on a stretcher in front of me.
Rear of the firebird
The man was ejected the entire length of this photo
Me ( far left ) and other witnesses
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August 24th, 2010 on 9:11 am
Crazy stuff. Good shots.
August 24th, 2010 on 2:17 pm
I think you did an excellent job of paying attention to what was going on around you. You couldn’t have done anything any more perfectly than you did. Sorry you had to see all that.
August 24th, 2010 on 2:34 pm
That’s crazy, Lonnie.
We watched the video on CNN at work and some of us wondered if that was his body sliding across the road in front of your car.
Thanks for your report and sorry you had to witness that.
Will
August 24th, 2010 on 3:56 pm
Wow! Watching the video and now knowing that it is HIM flying through the air, rolling and then stopping in front of your car…..leaves me even more astonished. Like Jessica said, GREAT job paying attention!
August 24th, 2010 on 4:36 pm
Wow. I didn’t realize that he was ejected and flew that far and ended up in front of you. You easily could’ve ran him over had you not braked and swerved. It is completely miraculous that he is alive.
August 24th, 2010 on 5:33 pm
The human body is a weird thing. Natasha Richardson slipped on her skis, bumped her head, and died. This guy hits a concrete support at 100 mph, falls 15 feet to the ground, hits concrete, slides 200 feet, and is alive. Weird.
August 24th, 2010 on 6:55 pm
You have a great reaction time. Very attentive. Nice work. Sorry you had to witness that but it is a good thing he landed in front of someone paying attention to what was going on around him. A lot of people zone out while driving and would have ran over him.
Peace
August 24th, 2010 on 8:38 pm
Damn stupid place to put a bridge
August 24th, 2010 on 8:39 pm
Glad to hear that you and other people on the road were not hurt by this idiot’s behavior. I can’t say I give a crap about his well being, I am only glad to hear that you and others were not injured. This guy was already arrested earlier in the day – he was probably trying to rush to get some more drugs or pick up another underage girl. Society would have been better off if he didn’t survive.
August 25th, 2010 on 2:23 am
You can clearly see that at the moment of impact he is even if not still behind you. Given your speed of 65mph and the fact that he passes you, he flew/slid at well over 65 if not closer to 90-100mpg.
The Wagner bridge overhead shot shows this distance well which is imperceptible in the video.
In Dayton too and know others who were caught in this backup. Thanks for the blog. I watched the vid wondering what the person in the silver mustang was thinking! If he gets out I think he owes you a thanks for not running him over.
September 7th, 2010 on 12:07 am
wow, i hope you are doing okay after witnessing that. my mom told me about the backup on 675 shortly after it happened. the funny thing is that this accident occurred on the 5 year anniversary of a freak accident my brother had at UD. and if he hadn’t been late leaving for work, he would have been on 675 around that spot at that time. so weird.