Hummer meets Ram! Head On!!!! ouch!

[LarryB]

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[y-knot]

I never thought the new hummers looked tough. They are over sized PIMP mobiles.

 

[tmckenzie]

Over sized grocery getters.

 

[Shovelhead]

Here's the link to the real story.

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1672787p-1789726c.html



Taken from the article:

The 2003 Hummer, Castle said, was Udd's demonstration model, worth about $60,000. It was totaled, police said.



The Hummer, southbound on Airport Heights Drive, had stopped for a red light at DeBarr. The driver sat through the green light, Davis said, and when the light changed again to red, he took off into the intersection.



Tammy Morse, a 32-year-old delivery driver westbound on DeBarr, was behind the wheel of the first vehicle struck by the Hummer, a white Pet Pantry van. She braked hard and the Hummer opened a hole in her front bumper but bounced away into another vehicle, she said.



"He just plowed through everybody else," said Morse, who was uninjured. "He ignored me, hit the extended-cab (truck) and turned and headed down the sidewalk. "



The Hummer spun around after striking the second vehicle and then sped west down the eastbound side of DeBarr, she said.



"I couldn't believe it," Morse said.



It seemed even more shocking to Jenette Jemison, a 21-year-old student driving east in her sister's late-model Mazda sedan.



Heading up the hill outside Alaska Regional Hospital, Jemison found the square-nosed, wide-body Hummer -- the civilian version of the military's Humvee -- coming straight for her.



"He was on the sidewalk, and I'm thinking, 'What the hell!' " Jemison said. " 'He's going to turn away. ' But he doesn't. He just keeps coming. "



Jemison said traffic was heavy and drivers around her were blowing their horns and trying to get out of the way. She squeezed left but not far enough. The Hummer came off the sidewalk and smashed into the Mazda, spinning it into the left lane, where it was hit by a van.



A few car lengths later, the Hummer smashed head-on into a Dodge Ram pickup. "That ended it," Davis said.



The pickup driver, unidentified Monday evening, was treated for minor injuries at Providence and released, Davis said.

 

[skobylenski]

Those H2's are FUGLY!!!! What was AM General thinking when they sold out to GM??



Oversized grocery getters - I like that. Just like the Ford Explosion (Excursion).



Was the Hummer driver colorblind and dyslexic or something?

 

[Crash_AF]

Actually I think he had a mild heart attack or siezure or something... I don't really remember because it happened back when the H2s first came out...



Later,

Joe H

 

[Andy Perreault]

Originally posted by Shovelhead

... the square-nosed, wide-body Hummer -- the civilian version of the military's Humvee --

Huh? The H2??

This newspaper writer needs to stick to the fashion and gardening articles.

Andy

 

[Steve M]

Although the H2 shares nothing with the real Hummer. (Terry "Hulk" Hogan lives close by and has a real one) The accident is a good test of both the Ram and the H2. The front ends of both absorbed the impact and the cabins are intact. It looks like the driver's door on the H2 is opened without damage. Imagine if the H2 or the Ram hit a Tundra head on. It might stay intact (as the insurance tests indicate) but could you imagine going from 45mph forward to 45mph backward in a split milli-second? Ouch!

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

Thats close to where I live. Well kinda. I live in chugiak. Ive seen H2s parked out back of dodge sitting on the ground minus a wheel or two waiting for parts. I think the drivers are overconfident. Heck its just a suburban frame now. I seen a vid on the net where the tie rod broke because one wheel lost traction. 60k for a pile of junk. The real hummers werent trouble free but at least they were tough.