Cobra Crash This Morning !

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Duane,
The rollbar did not necessarily come through this time - don't think it was impacted at all. If you can see in the picture where the cables and rollbar are, Stuart's body was between the cables and the back deck of the car. Pinning him very tightly. The cables were pressed against his throat just under his jaw and he was not breathing. The rollbar is too far behind the body to do any good in this case. You can see how far we had to pull the cables forward to free him.The cables did shear off the hood scoop and windshield,amazingly stopping just in time , not crushing his neck,thank God.
Perry.

[decooney]

Originally Posted by HighPlainsDrifter

Duane,
The rollbar did not necessarily come through this time - don't think it was impacted at all....Perry.

Hi Perry,
From the way the picture looks to me, it appears as if the rollbar was not there, the car would have kept moving forward. Or, maybe it just seems that way from the angle of the car. I keep looking at the gap between the cable, the seat, and the left hoop of the rollbar and can see how he would have been pinned. ugh. I too saw the gouges at the top of the fenders in the first set of pictures and how it ripped the hood scoop off. He probably had no time to duck, at all. If that inner bar tube didn't stop the car from moving even a slight 1/2 inch further, someone above must have been with Stuart. Still very amazed at just how lucky he was. Being a near death survivor myself in a horrific race boat accident in 1981 as a kid, I wonder if some of us might actually have nine lives or something. Those other folks who were not sitting in their cars are just unbelieveably lucky as well. Oh my gosh. So amazing how it all turned out. Could have been quite different, and everyone can thank the lucky stars it turned out as well as it did and all survived.

In any case, everyone is alive with a lot of friends and support here on CC.