My future sister-in-law works for a salvage and is always looking for wrecked cars and truck for their inventory. Today she sent some rather disturbing photos of a Prevost XL that came to a sudden stop.
Warning: Very disturbing photos. Abilene, TX
Aaron in Oklahoma
Round two:
Hey look Bob or Clifford another fixer upper for you guys that have time for rebuild projects! LOL!
Seriously Bob I do see lots of usable shiney parts! ;)
;D BK ;D
WOW!!!! Makes you wonder what the story is that goes along with the carnage?
I doubt that anyone survived that. :-\
Eric
Any one got a schematic? :o
The bids only up to $125.00 now with the auction end date on 8/12/11
Aaron,
The carnage looks terrible! :'(
Did this wreck occur in the Abilene, TX area? Any update on the driver & passengers? I pray they somehow escaped with their lives.
Man-man, eating a windshield like that, I doubt seriously if anyone could survive something like that.
BCO
A: Which auction? I havent checked copart yet...
B: I bet it took a long time to collect it all together and winch it on the lowboy
That is terrible! I sure hope everybody lived, but I sure doubt it.
Clifford, who's bus was that? Do ya recognize it?
Have no idea John just know it is a 2001 and minimum bid is 4200 I do have the serial number if one of the prevost guys want to chase it down bidding close on that one Monday I checked on the numbers it was a motor home registered in a LCC in Montana
good luck
scarry! looks like hit low right front from the side . Hope it was unoccupied. almost to low for train. but what ever it was was heavy to take front axle out like that. Have seen two that were in head on that came out better but were not twisted to side like that .
^^ the only thing that I could think of that would do damage like that is a low boy semi trailer and the bus running into it while both where moving. Very nasty wreck...
Not only the front axle, but also the drive axle is torn away. And there is minor rear end damage. Looking at the exhaust pipes, I wonder if the engine was torn off its mounts as well? I can't imagine there's anything left of any value to anyone except the scrapper.
John
That bus didn't have what you call a front axle per say it had the IFS
good luck
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Any one got a schematic? :o
LOL! Maybe you & Clifford could restore that one together! LOL!
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Man-man, eating a windshield like that, I doubt seriously if anyone could survive something like that.
BCO
I have to agree if the driver or anyone for that matter survived that one it is a pure miracle (of course unless he saw what was coming and ran for the back before the actual crash!)
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Have no idea John just know it is a 2001 and minimum bid is 4200 I do have the serial number if one of the prevost guys want to chase it down bidding close on that one Monday I checked on the numbers it was a motor home registered in a LCC in Montana
good luck
Ah so I see it did catch your eye as a possible project! LOL! ;)
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scarry! looks like hit low right front from the side . Hope it was unoccupied. almost to low for train. but what ever it was was heavy to take front axle out like that. Have seen two that were in head on that came out better but were not twisted to side like that .
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^^ the only thing that I could think of that would do damage like that is a low boy semi trailer and the bus running into it while both where moving. Very nasty wreck...
Bob & Eric I'm thinking he hit something stationary and solid, like maybe a bridge embankment or a very large concrete sewer collector in a median or something like that @ say 75 + mph.
I'd also say whoever buys it just bought one hell of a fixer upper project and will be putting a huge chunk of change into it! LOL!
;D BK ;D
Looks like it ran into the ditch and hit a culvert or RCP - FWIW
Simply Sobering to me.
Quite the shame what ever the reason for this accident.
this sure looks like one i saw last month in ny at a koa, it had a matching jeep grand Cherokee in tow.
Bet that was hit by a train and drug a bit
Whatever it was, was really bad!!! At least it appears there were some areas that possibly people could have survived. If it had been an S&S, it really would have only been sticks and staples left and they would have all been smashed to smitheriens!
Holy crap! Hope he was wearing his seatbelt ;D
Seriously, what in the world happened?
All a seat belt would do is hold you there while the world crashed in.
In a vehicle that large, it had to hit something quite substantial, equal to or greater than its mass energy. It really wouldnt matter what your driving at that point, a truck tractor wouldnt likely have come through any better, especially if the trailer came forward. Whether they lived or not means little, only grace could get you outta that carnage.