Drag Race Exhibition kills seven - Toyota Yaris Forums

redyaris · 06-17-2007, 03:28 PM

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shar...ow_Deaths.html

Tenn. Car Crash Death Toll Rises to 7
By WILL YORK
Associated Press Writer

SELMER, Tenn. — Three more people have died after a drag-racing car went out of control and careened into a crowd of spectators, raising the death toll to seven, state officials said Sunday.

The crash occurred Saturday night during an "exhibition burnout" — when a driver spins his tires to make them heat up and smoke — at the Cars for Kids charity event in Selmer, located about 80 miles east of Memphis....

blacksan · 06-17-2007, 04:39 PM

How very sad.

If I read that properly people lined both sides of a public highway where the exhibition took place? If so, how could an event organizer actually be that reckless and allow such close proximity too the vehicle?

churp · 06-17-2007, 07:34 PM

I read it was a parade....If so a drag car shouldn't have been in it! ...at least not an idiot driver.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,283652,00.html

joey1320 · 06-18-2007, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by churp

I read it was a parade....If so a drag car shouldn't have been in it! ...at least not an idiot driver.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,283652,00.html

well the driver was only an "idiot" for accepting the invitation to the event. he should had asked about the safety of the event and not entered it.

it was an accident. i bet the driver of the car is in terrible mental condition after killing 7 people, but he should had never been there in the first place. the promoters of the event should had done a better job of protecting the audience... what a shame.

Katana · 06-18-2007, 10:16 AM

Sorry for that.

RodimusPrime · 06-18-2007, 12:55 PM

Hope the guy who accepted the invitation to perform at the show gets at least manslaughter charges. You should know better than to do such things while spectators surround the lane inwhich you intend to do that type of driving. It doesn't take that much intelligence to realize that it's DANGEROUS and DUMB.

I feel sorry for the victims and their families.

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06-17-2007, 04:39 PM	#2
blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	How very sad. If I read that properly people lined both sides of a public highway where the exhibition took place? If so, how could an event organizer actually be that reckless and allow such close proximity too the vehicle?

06-18-2007, 12:55 PM	#6
RodimusPrime Drives: 1998 Intrepid Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 67	Hope the guy who accepted the invitation to perform at the show gets at least manslaughter charges. You should know better than to do such things while spectators surround the lane inwhich you intend to do that type of driving. It doesn't take that much intelligence to realize that it's DANGEROUS and DUMB. I feel sorry for the victims and their families.