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What is "Excessive speed"?



i dont think an indy car would have gotten that far.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: What is "Excessive speed"?


> MOHAWK, N.Y., August 4 - State police say excessive speed contributed to a 
> one-car crash that seriously injured a 53-year-old Fulton County man.
> 
>      The accident happened shortly before 3:00 Saturday afternoon in the 
> town of Mohawk, in Herkimer County.  Police say William Houtz of Johnstown 
> lost control of his vehicle, leaving 171 feet of skid marks on the pavement 
> before crossing another road. The car traveled another 89 feet before 
> striking a guidewire.
>      The car then became airborne, flew 168 feet, and struck a utility pole 
> about 12 feet above the ground. The pole was snapped and the vehicle 
> cartwheeled more than 100 feet further before landing about two feet from a 
> house.
>      Houtz was airlifted to Albany Medical Center where he was listed Sunday 
> in critical condition.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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