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crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:28 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/newsnow/x ... ford?img=2
Pickford, Mich. —
PICKFORD — “It's an act of God that no one was killed,” said Chippewa County Sheriff Robert Savoie reviewing a weekend accident in Pickford that left three people hospitalized.
According to reports, Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies clocked a Chevrolet Cobalt on M-129 traveling at speeds in excess of 110 mph near 21 Mile Road Saturday evening. Deputies activated the overhead lights and went after the speeding Cobalt and were in visual contact when it struck a Chevrolet Impala from behind.
The Cobalt, according to Savoie's figures, pushed the Impala — occupied by 45-year-old Jill Halsey and her 12-year-old daughter, Sarah — for over 1,000 feet before they left the roadway and rolled over. The collision propelled the involved vehicles into a nearby construction yard running through plastic sewage tubes, coiled drain pipe, plastic culverts and cedar posts.
Savoie said the accident could have been much worse noting a nearby church parking lot had dozens of people exiting the house of worship at the time of the crash.
Jill and Sarah Halsey, who had been bound for a baby shower, were subsequently conveyed to War Memorial Hospital by Pickford EMS for treatment of relatively minor injuries.
The driver of the Cobalt initially struggled with sheriff deputies at the scene. Michael T. Jeffson, 21, of Pickford was arrested on charges of felonious driving, operating while intoxicated causing injury and possession of open intoxicants in a motor vehicle. Jeffson was also charged with resisting and obstructing.
Jeffson was initially transported to War Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the crash and later booked into the Chippewa County Jail on the aforementioned charges. He was also wanted on outstanding warrants for minor in possession of alcohol and disorderly person, reports indicate.
Unbelievable. I mean, who knew a Cobalt could go 110?
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:31 pm
by Mace
Darwin must have been napping again.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:04 am
by Mikey
Didn't know a Cobalt could do 110. Were they going downhill?
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:33 am
by Mace
The Cobalt was from Oregon......it's faster.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:52 am
by Go Coogs'
Savoie said the accident could have been much worse noting a nearby church parking lot had dozens of people exiting the house of worship at the time of the crash.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:20 am
by Screw_Michigan
Obviously God and G0d blessed the Upper Peninsula.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:30 am
by Paul
Roach wrote:Can a Cobalt really go 110???
Yup.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:32 pm
by smackaholic
hard to tell from the pic if it's an SS cobalt which can easily do 110 mph. even a stock cobalt on a long enough straight enough piece of road might get to 110, but not much more.
from the pic of the wadded up car, if the red one is the cobalt, the front right tire looks to small to be off an SS. not much else left there to judge by.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:46 pm
by Mikey
Paul wrote:Roach wrote:Can a Cobalt really go 110???
Yup.
That one doesn't look like it's going 110.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:46 pm
by Go Coogs'
I've pushed my '08 Ford Focus to 100 at a little over 4000 rpms.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:27 pm
by Cuda
Mikey wrote:Didn't know a Cobalt could do 110. Were they going downhill?
Obviously the cops are lying.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:34 pm
by Mikey
Cuda wrote:Mikey wrote:Didn't know a Cobalt could do 110. Were they going downhill?
Obviously the cops are lying.
How can you say that? Cops never lie.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:45 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
Roach wrote:Can a Cobalt really go 110???
Straight downhill. With Paul in the front seat. Even then it's only 80.
Re: crash at 110 mph - nobody killed
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:51 pm
by Cuda
Mikey wrote:Cuda wrote:Mikey wrote:Didn't know a Cobalt could do 110. Were they going downhill?
Obviously the cops are lying.
How can you say that? Cops never lie.
that gets a rack!