Texas H2 SUT Destroyed In Freak Accident

[NA5RF]

Woke up at around 1:30AM last Friday morning after hearing a crash of what was thought to be thunder. I checked the inside of the house and looked outside (it's dark) and seemed all is well and went back to sleep. About 15 minutes later, heard sirens and knew it must have been an accident real close. My backyard wooden fence faces a divided suburban street where the speed limit is 35MPH.

Next I saw a policeman with a flashlight. I opened my garage door to find that my 05 Desert Sand SUT H2 had vanished from my driveway, and a Ford Explorer was on it's side, 10 feet from my garage door. The policeman indicated the driver was dead and my Hummer H2 was knocked 40 feet into my neighbors yard (right through a a wooden fence). He indicated the driver lost control after reaching 100 MPH bounced off the median and then straight into the fence, missing a gauntlet of large pine trees.

I ran over to inspect the damage and initially it looked fine from the front. I came around the drivers side and it looked like a bomb went off (it was totaled). The Explorer hit high enough to miss the step and frame (possible airborne after running over my basketball goal first) and hit at the post between driver side front and rear at 90 mph according to more detailed police analysis.

The cabin had total intrusion and the doors were blasted inward to the center console. The drivers seat was mangled and squeezed into the passengers side rear seat. The passengers side both front and rear looked OK. The roof was buckled. The locks still worked and the lights came on when I unlocked it.

I was amazed the H2 did not roll over even after the direct hit with all that energy. No other 4 wheeler would have stayed on it's wheels. I have attached a few shots at the scene.

Of course the real tragedy is the human one. The driver of the Explorer was only 17. The H2 and fence can be replaced but he can't be.


NA5RF
X owner of the best 4 wheel drive ever built
05 SUT Adventure Series

[Hummer Guy]

wow...why was he going 100mph? Drugs? Alcohol? Sad story.

[MDimitri]

OMG!! Thank Christ he did't miss the Hummer and roll through your house instead!! What a horrible waste of life. Only 17! His parents are going through hell right now....thankfully you and your family are okay!

Cheers Mate!

[TXSUT]

So in that second to last pic, he went right through that opening between the fence on the left and the trees on the right? What part of town is that?

Lastly, you must be one hell of a heavy sleeper.

Definitely a tragic personal loss for the family.

[Hmmm2]

What a tragic story. Luckily he missed your home and your family. Glad you're ok.

[Karsun]

That is awful. I'm so sorry for your damage as well as the family of the driver. We had a neighbor drive through our yard, almost hit the house and missed our Avalanche (pre-H2 days) by inches. It can happen and does more often than you might think.

[Rico001]

Sorry to hear that your home, truck and all was destroyed.
You are really luck that your house was not also hit along
with your family.

Very sad for the driver and being only 17 yrs old is a waste
and does make you apprciate life more.
~Richard

[DRTYFN]

Stupid turd driver.
Thankfully it was only one fatality instead of possibly an entire family.

[Mark805]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

Stupid turd driver.
Thankfully it was only one fatality instead of possibly an entire family.

[HummerMann]

Glad you weren't injured in your house. Vehicles can always be replaced. That's why teenage driver's insurance is so high!!

[KenP]

Wow, that could have been much, much worse.

Let us know the result of the autopsy or anything else you hear about it. I can't wait to hear the reason for the speed.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pa...Y&pageId=3.2.1

Has a teenager I was taught to drive and to off road by a Marine Police Officer. He showed me all kinds of cool stuff when it came to defensive driving. But the one thing my older brother most instilled in my brain was if your going to do something stupid do it out in the middle of know where that way you only can kill your self. And being the owner of a 1970 Chevelle SS w/ a true 454 LS6 and 273 gears I was able to go way to fast in Nevada's wide open and lonely freeways. And I am truly lucky to be alive. Being a father of three now I'm scard and understand why my parents where the way they were. To lose a child before you go is not natrual. Know matter how dumb this kid was right now there is a family out there that is totally devistated and will never be the same.

[[__--MUD--__]]

kids are always going to act like ****ing idiots behind the wheel....good thing he didn't take anyone else out w/'em.

The US is to relaxed on drivers license requirements, its a priveledge not a rite.

I dont know whats worse, old people driving or kids...

[frenzy1]

Dang ! Thank God he didn't hit other people. Still really sad that a young person dies in such a way.

Hummer are strong monsters indeed !!

Frenzy

[SummitUp]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

Stupid turd driver.
Thankfully it was only one fatality instead of possibly an entire family.

Yup, another admirable recipient of the Darwin Award. Tragic for the poor kids family, sad really...

[3Hummer]

Originally Posted by [__--MUD--__]

I dont know whats worse, old people driving or kids...

i would say old...being in south Florida ive almost been hit more times by old people than by young people and 90% of the accidents i see have been casued by old people.

There both bad but in different ways....old people may drive slower but they pay no attention and think that whatever tehy want to do is right and fine and dont think about it...also their reactions to dangerous situations are much slower...on the other end the teenagers speed and try to wind in and out of traffic excessivly.

as for the teenage insurance being high what i dont understand was it was less expensive for me to be the primary driver of my dads Porsche Turbo(when he had it) then for me to be the primary driver of my H3.