ESPN draft analyst has arm amputated after horrific Bronco crash

[broncobase1]

I would have liked to see how the 'cage' held up right after the crash. I'm guessing that they cut the A and B pillars to extract him.

It obviously did pretty well! It was a head on collision with a semi. It sucks to lose an arm but he is lucky to be alive. Good thing he doesn't driving a Prius.

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[Bart]

Rescue ops tear them apart a lot but off set semi head on is brutal. Either got a sudden flat or was on phone is my guess.

I'd say there's a 99% chance he was distracted. Most likely his phone.

 

[dpAtlanta]

I'd say there's a 99% chance he was distracted. Most likely his phone.

Steering input from the EDR from 5 seconds prior to impact would be helpful to determine if it was a slow drift, or a sudden turn of the steering wheel.
Unfortunately, Bosch does not record steering input on the Bronco.

 

[Steve_In_29]

It obviously did pretty well! It was a head on collision with a semi. It sucks to lose an arm but he is lucky to be alive. Good thing he doesn't driving a Prius.

Picture shows it was NOT a "head on" collision.

Looks to have been a glancing blow on driver's front corner

 

[maliu]

Looks like he crossed into oncoming traffic. Wonder how his lane assist didn't beep at him.

Because maybe he turned it off?

 

[SuperDave150]

It obviously did pretty well! It was a head on collision with a semi. It sucks to lose an arm but he is lucky to be alive. Good thing he doesn't driving a Prius.

Agreed.

Looks like a Sasquatch, therefore it doesn’t have crash bars (the stubby beams behind the tires). I submit that, if it had crash bars, some of the energy would have been deflected and he might still have that arm.

Now for all the people who don’t think the crash bars are worth the tire interference, look at the difference in crash test performance in F150’s the year they added crash bars. The difference was huge (in certain scenarios of course).

 

[Steve_In_29]

Agreed.

Looks like a Sasquatch, therefore it doesn’t have crash bars (the stubby beams behind the tires). I submit that, if it had crash bars, some of the energy would have been deflected and he might still have that arm.

Now for all the people who don’t think the crash bars are worth the tire interference, look at the difference in crash test performance in F150’s the year they added crash bars. The difference was huge (in certain scenarios of course).

Yet Ford had to get the Bronco to meet the crash safety standards even without the bars. That LITTLE tube of thin metal poking out in front of tire is NOTHING compared to the impact at speed with a tractor-trailer.

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