Cobra crash in Mountain View Wed am

[Excaliber]

There is one poster, "Don't worry about it" is his name, that states he (and his friend) were not only an eye witness', but were an integral part of what he describes as a possible "road rage" incident. The reporter on the story is attempting to contact this guy for an interview.

His posting is detailed enough with specifics that it is hard to blow off. If true, "road rage" may indeed be the fundamental cause here. Two kids waving their hands and flipping off the Cobra driver as he passed, who then attempted a U turn to come back and perhaps "discuss" the matter? Whoa, serious accusations...

[Monster]

This whole story is leaves for a lot of questions that probably won't be answered until an investigation is completed.

Here's what "Don't Worry About It" actually said in the comment section of the Mountain View Voice (the link provided at the beginning of this thread.

"Don't Worry About It": aight. for all of those people saying what happened. ALL YA'LL ARE WRONG. what REALLY happened was me and my friend were walking to school down latham towards church street. we pressed the button for the light and it was clear so we went halfway. then we went all the way across towards church street. the dude in the black car with his top down was coming from el camino and was at first in the lane closests to the middle. then when he saw us walking he decided that it would be a great idea to switch to the lane closets to the sidewalk which me and my friend were still in. he decided to speed up hella fast and "try" to scare us and he was going at least 60mph. so me and my friend put our hands up n started yelling at him saying wtf is your problem? at that time he decided 2 try 2 come back towards us, flip a u-turn and attempt 2 go the wrong way back towards us. he ended up trying 2 flip around without slowing his car down which then he lost control and his car made screech noises we turned around and saw him crash into the middle island and hit a tree. his car went up at first and then backdown. over 100 pieces small n big flew off the car. then it started smoking, and thats when my friend called 911 to tell them that the guy hit a tree and was injured. we left because we had to go to school. i aint trying 2 be shady but he shouldn't have tried to go the wrong way and speed up to hit us. ironic i think. anywho, hope that he is okay and learned his lesson. so all yall can stop pretending that you guys know when you dont.


There is an assumption made by "DWAI" that the driver was purposefully driving recklessly "the dude in the black car with his top down was coming from el camino and was at first in the lane closests to the middle. then when he saw us walking he decided that it would be a great idea to switch to the lane closets to the sidewalk which me and my friend were still in. he decided to speed up hella fast and "try" to scare us and he was going at least 60mph." There is no way DWAI could know what the driver was thinking and it's still not clear that this was not a mechanical issue.

In reading this account by DWAI it's possible the driver encountered an issue with his car and didn't see the pedestrians. The driver "attempt 2 go the wrong way back towards us. he ended up trying 2 flip around without slowing his car down".....
It sounds to me that from this statement the driver didn't step on his brakes or possibly had brake failure otherwise DWAI would have seen brakelights. Even in a moment of rage if someone is attempting a high speed u-turn I would think they would use their brakes and not just try to spin the car around.


Olddog makes a good point. Unfortunately, in the end we have a cobra involved in an accident, the driver in the hospital and unanswered questions as to the actual cause.

mike