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Old 01-24-11, 11:02 AM
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/tr...w-1205635.html

Portela, who was wearing his seatbelt, could not "negotiate" a curve and lost control, said Sgt. John Churchill of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offic


 
Old 01-24-11, 11:04 AM
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wow, too much car for some ppl sometimes. Did the driver survive ?
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Old 01-24-11, 11:08 AM
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Driver died.
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Old 01-24-11, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by YeA 2jZ
wow, too much car for some ppl sometimes. Did the driver survive ?

Don't forget to add in the alcohol factor.



Better him than someone else because of him.
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Old 01-24-11, 11:42 AM
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wow! those pictures were hard to look at. driver is in a better place now, but it shouldn't have happened this way. way too young...
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Old 01-24-11, 11:46 AM
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The car in the pictures has old NY State plates, but the guy was from Palm Beach?
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Old 01-24-11, 11:49 AM
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can you tell if that was a M3 vert?

I wonder if that contributed to the car splitting in half.
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Old 01-24-11, 11:50 AM
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i have no sorrow for him, justice served. good thing no one else was hurt but the idiot.
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Old 01-24-11, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rai
can you tell if that was a M3 vert?

I wonder if that contributed to the car splitting in half.
Doesn't look like a vert. The rear clip has a definite C pillar, if the car was sheared in half I think the folding top would've been gone completely too.
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Old 01-24-11, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rai
can you tell if that was a M3 vert?

I wonder if that contributed to the car splitting in half.
no it's not e93. the rear headrests look different

very very sad...
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Old 01-24-11, 01:20 PM
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Amazing and sad.
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Old 01-24-11, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rai
can you tell if that was a M3 vert?

I wonder if that contributed to the car splitting in half.
No, that's what trees do.
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That's very sad. RIP.
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Here is the guy posting on an M3 forum:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449261

R.I.P
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