SUV vs Armored Truck

[WickedDeus]

From: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14929.htm

SUV DAVID WHIPS ARMORED-CAR GOLIATH

By TODD VENEZIA and MURRAY WEISS

January 1, 2004 -- America builds its SUVs big and powerful - but this is ridiculous!

In a collision that gives new meaning to the slogan "Ram Tough," a 2001 Dodge Durango SUV plowed into the side of a hulking armored car in Queens yesterday - knocking the massive money carrier on its side.

*CRASH OF THE TITANS: A massive, six-wheeled money transporter lies flipped on its side like a toy truck after a Dodge Durango plowed into it on 94th Street in Queens yesterday.
- Charles Wenzelberg*

After felling the bullet-proof behemoth, the SUV sustained a crumpled front end, but the window glass wasn't even broken and the wheels still appeared to be in place. "They collided and it looked like the armored car lost," said an NYPD detective who investigated the crash.

The SUV passengers, 75-year-old Costis Caviris of Mattituck, L.I., and his wife, Mary, were not seriously injured in the wreck - and had no trouble walking away from the crash zone.

Meanwhile, the three armed guards in the car, which was operated by American Armored of Westchester, had to be extricated by firefighters with special equipment.

Police said this collision of monsters happened at 10:30 a.m. in Corona.

The 26,000-pound armored car was heading north on 94th Street when it was hit in the side by the Dodge, which was heading east on 31st Avenue.

The SUV hit the armored car at just the right angle to make the six-wheeled, diesel-powered ordnance-stopper flop over onto its passenger side.

Both SUV operator Caviris and armored car driver Mark Cassella told police they had the right of way and that the other ran a red light. Police said they did not issue tickets and had not determined fault.

The two passengers in the Durango and the three members of the armored-car crew were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were treated for what police described yesterday as minor injuries.

After the crash, police had to right the hefty armored car with heavy chains. "We righted it like we right all the vehicles," said an officer involved in the operation. "We hooked the chain to it and we hooked it up to one of our trucks and we turned it over."

Caviris could not be reached and American Armored declined comment.

[Rayder]

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[Dharkbayne]

Fucking old people driving into stuff.

[Everay]

lol, thats gold. but seriously, they need to take old peoples drivers liceneses away.

[Smaug]

Originally Posted by Everay

lol, thats gold. but seriously, they need to take old peoples drivers liceneses away.

NO.. then there will be a massive coup. Haven't you seen southpark?

[Happy lil Elf]

Depends on who ran the red light /shrug

[Setari]

In a collision that gives new meaning to the slogan "Ram Tough," a 2001 Dodge Durango SUV plowed into the side of a hulking armored car in Queens yesterday - knocking the massive money carrier on its side.

i coulda sworn it was "Built Ford Tough"

[321]

WOW that is one strong truck.

[AztecWarrior]

The first three of you totally missed the point. A TRUCK flipped an ARMORED CAR! What's next?

Elderly driver hits M1A1 Abrams tank with Jeep, Jeep blows up tank

[martyr]

^actually, with the m1a1's new reactive armor, there would be a pretty sizeable explosion

[Bighoss]

oh man maybe those stupid adds with the dodges and the hemis wern't bull shit like the adds for jeep that say "if its not trail rated its not a jeep"... trail rated what the hell does that even mean??? sounds like a blatant marketing term to me

[Rayder]

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

The first three of you totally missed the point. A TRUCK flipped an ARMORED CAR! What's next?

Elderly driver hits M1A1 Abrams tank with Jeep, Jeep blows up tank

Actually, I didn't miss the point. I was debating whether or not to say something witty, but in the end I decided people wouldn't get it because of the increasing stupidity with each consecutive day.