First a little background... my dad is a Careflight pilot in Dayton, OH (
info on Careflight MVA can be found here ). He flies out of Miami Valley Hospital and will fly up to 150 miles away.
For some of the accidents he flies to the cops or firemen have extra polaroids which they give to the pilots. My dad brought several of them home a while back and I figured I'd post them here.
I'll provide as much background as I can remember for each pic.
This first one was a Honda CRX. The driver was drunk and ran a stop sign. He was struck by the dump truck you see in the background, to the right of the telephone pole. The posted speed limit on the road was 55mph for the truck. I think the guy lived.
This next one was a minivan of sorts, I don't remember any specifics. I do believe there were fatalities in this one.
These next two are particularly disturbing. The car is a Geo Storm. If I recall correctly, this is another scenario where someone failed to stop at a high speed intersection. In the second picture, note the sheet. There was at least one fatality.
A pickup, I think a GMC. The driver fell asleep and ran off the road. I do believe he lived.
This one I think is kind of funny... A semi hit a garbage truck and flipped it. My dad said the smell was terrible. No serious injuries if I remember correctly.
And for the last one, I can't really tell you anything. Its a Sierra 1500 pickup, and thats all I know.
I hope nobody is offended by me posting these pics.
I just hope they serve to remind us all that we are not only responsible for ourselves and our passengers safety, but for the safety of everyone else on the road.
edit: I'll throw in this last one too. This was a house that exploded due to a gas leak. Thankfully nobody was home when it happened. They called Careflight in just in case they found someone while sifting through the wreckage.
