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    Amazing accident

    One person seriously hurt, I hope they recover. Anyway:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/4493713.stm

    That looks to me like an E38 7-Series, which is not a small car- how the hell it ended up 3m in the air I have no idea.

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    The A30, what a wonderfully safe road... not!

    I would love to know how that BMW got up their, that's incredible. Must have been bombing it along...

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    how the hell did it get up there????????

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    How in the hell does that work??? Fair enough losing control.... But that's like 15 feet up in the air

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    "My husband thought the dog had knocked something over downstairs but as he got to the bedroom door he could see the hole in the wall and all the furniture moved.
    How big is their dog!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knoxville
    How big is their dog!
    Maybe it was Vaul's house?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knoxville
    How big is their dog!
    Damn, beaten to it....

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    Bloody hate the A30! Either you are being tailgated by an idiot trying to speed, or you are stuck behind someone doing 45
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    bet his insurance company loves him

    i recon maybe the fence ramped him up into the house
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    It wasn't that Knight Rider car that Woolies had up for a prize, was it?
    He was warned not to push that turbo boost button.
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    lol i wonder who got that in the end? would be sweet

    Sweet crash as well...
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    Thats pretty impressive, I guess the driver was the seriously injured one?

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    lucky sod, he musta been doing some speed to launch that high ?

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    woah he must have been ton'in it to get up there!!!

    their both lucky to be alive

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    Haven't you people ever seen Speed? Smacking any semi-solid object at over 70mph results in any car taking off with no damage whatsoever.

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