Another High-Speed Ferrari Crash - This One Ends with 2 Dead

[MagicMtnDan]

LOS ANGELES - Authorities are investigating a fatal crash Tuesday afternoon in Agoura Hills. Images
Two people were killed when the Ferrari crashed on Cornell Road near Mulholland Drive, according to the sheriff's department. The vehicle landed on its roof, about 20 feet from the two-lane road, in a front yard.
Authorities said the car might have hit a pole.
Witnesses said the Ferrari Testarossa was traveling at a very high rate of speed just before the crash, NBC 4 reported.
Cornell Road was closed during the investigation. Authorities received the report at about 4 p.m.
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[mbrown2]

Pretty close to my work....lots of money and lack of brains in the area....too bad people had to lose their lives..

[jet4fun]

first of all, may they rest in peace... them hills been claiming a lot of lives for a long time.............................................. .........
by the way, who the hell still drives a ferrari testarossa. thats like the ultimate budget baller car of modern day,,,,,,,,,,,,, hey look at me, i bought a ferrari for 30 grand, thats just embarrasing :rollside:

[Jordy]

hey look at me, i bought a ferrari for 30 grand, thats just embarrasing :rollside:
C'mon now, just put on your white suit, feather your hair and grab your wayfarers and you're GOLDEN!!!! :D :D :D

[Riomouse911]

I read one of the deceased might be an off-duty CHP officer. We'll see more in the morning, I'm sure...Oh, and the car ended up in the yard of former actress Morgan Brittany... I haven't heard her name in ages..
I guess it goes to show that driving like a maniac on public roads, even in a race-inspired car like a Testarossa, is a dangerous thing to do no matter who you are...

[ROZ]

first of all, may they rest in peace... them hills been claiming a lot of lives for a long time.............................................. .........
by the way, who the hell still drives a ferrari testarossa. thats like the ultimate budget baller car of modern day,,,,,,,,,,,,, hey look at me, i bought a ferrari for 30 grand, thats just embarrasing :rollside:
I think you have it mixed up with a 308 or Mondail... Rossas ar over that.. Prolly think the same of a Countach, eh?

[ovrkll77]

that thing looks like it might of hit a pole or something round before it made its landind, I bet one of them was already dead before they hit the bottom. Rest in peace to those in that car.

[Riomouse911]

Gotta go with ROZ on the 308/328 being the budget Ferrari's.. the cheapest I see for an almost 20 year old Testarossa is 32K and rising for a Canadian 1987 Testy for sale on eBay... looks like most are still in the 50k range even though they are usually 10-15 years old..
It's truly too bad the people inside forgot that the trees that line our roadways are undefeated this year in car vs. tree crashes.. I feel for the families, but if you push the edge the recovery zone gets slim and these things happen... cars, boats, planes, bikes..they all have a zone of no return. Hell, I almost got whacked by a chick in a Protege' today while towing at the 15/210 interchange.. she hadda been dooin 100+ as she swooped behind my trailer and cut between me and a guy in a V-dub... I saw his face, he was pissed, too. Maybe I am getting old at 39, but I just don't seem to be in a hurry anymore. Too much to live for at home...

[ROZ]

Gotta go with ROZ on the 308/328 being the budget Ferrari's..
Still have a soft spot for one of these, though :
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[JetBoatRich]

seen it on the news last night :mad: looked pretty bad :yuk:

[sigepmock]

Still have a soft spot for one of these, though :
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Dude you'd be the PIMP in one of those......Magnum :crossx:

[Jordy]

Dude you'd be the PIMP in one of those......Magnum :crossx:
Dammit, you beat me to the Magnum comment. :D :D :D

[Ziggy]

Dammit, you beat me to the Magnum comment. :D :D :D
Yeah, but it needs to be said with a goofy British accent and a lengthy "mmmmmmmmm" at the end :p
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I didn't detect any of that in either of those posts :D
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Godspeed to those in the accident....someones lives have been altered for sure :(

[Lightning]

Still have a soft spot for one of these, though :
http://images.autotrader.com/images/2006/5/21/202/467/509735440.202467514.IM1.05.565x421_A.562x421.jpg
Where's TC and his chopper.

[TOBTEK]

Still have a soft spot for one of these, though :
http://images.autotrader.com/images/2006/5/21/202/467/509735440.202467514.IM1.05.565x421_A.562x421.jpg
you'd be the man with a " robin1" Lic plate, Zoose, and Apolo running around, you can start calling you Boyfriend mandelon " Higgings" ..... I ofcourse will be requiring you call my Robin Masters :rollside:

[jet4fun]

I think you have it mixed up with a 308 or Mondail... Rossas ar over that.. Prolly think the same of a Countach, eh?
i use my countach to tow my cigarette boat with a forward radar arch...
i dunno why, but i saw a testarossa on the freeway the other day, and all i could think of was blue and pink neon lights, corny music, big hair and a white suit with a pink shirt and chest hair coming out the front of the collar. oh yeah, dont forget chicks with over-obvious tan lines and hairy muffs.... i was laughing so hard as this dude drove by that i almost wrecked my truck, i was propably speeding too :rollside: :) :rollside:
i think for that price i would rather buy a brand new corvette. or even a beamer M3... i dunno, but i guess thats what makes this world fun

[ROZ]

i think for that price i would rather buy a brand new corvette. or even a beamer M3... i dunno, but i guess thats what makes this world fun
Not me.. I'd buy a 71-73 911(very light cars), gut it , install 2 racing seats and a roll bar, and throw in a modified 3.2 turbo drivetrain.. Talk about a rocket :D
Turnkey all the way :D

[jet4fun]

Not me.. I'd buy a 71-73 911(very light cars), gut it , install 2 racing seats and a roll bar, and throw in a modified 3.2 turbo drivetrain.. Talk about a rocket :D
Turnkey all the way :D
oh yeah, well i'd buy big foot and drive all over these puny little sports cars. so there :yuk:

[Beer-30]

Yep, off-duty (obviously) Chippy out of West Valley office, Woodland Hills.
Story is, his brother or friend was visiting from back east. The rumor is, the friend or brother was driving - and clearly screwed things up.

[carbonmarine]

Can you image what they said right before the crash.,.... " Man, this thing is on raaaaaails....... "
:boxed:

[MagicMtnDan]

Here's the story according to NBC:
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - One of two men killed when a Ferrari Testarossa crashed and overturned near Agoura Hills was a California Highway Patrol officer who owned the sports car, authorities confirmed today. Images | Video
The 1993 Ferrari crashed at 3434 Cornell Road, near Mulholland Drive, at 3:21 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer Derek Midollo, 39, and his passenger, David Bjorklund, in his 30s, died at the scene, said CHP Officer Leland Tang.
Bjorklund was a friend of Midollo's who was visiting from Chicago, Tang said.
Midollo, an 11-year veteran of the CHP, was assigned to the West Valley Area office.
"It is a huge, huge loss for us," Tang said. "All 100 officers here at the West Valley office are mourning the loss of Officer Midollo."
Tang said the preliminary investigation indicated that the Ferrari, "for unknown reasons, veered to the left and hit a telephone pole."
Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday that the Ferrari may have been traveling at high speed when the off- duty CHP officer lost control.
The car "came off the corner and went into the air and hit a pole and rocks before flipping upside down," Brooks said.
The mangled silver sports car came to rest on its roof in a corral several yards from the road.
Actress Morgan Brittany, who owns the corral, heard the crash.

[ROZ]

oh yeah, well i'd buy big foot and drive all over these puny little sports cars. so there :yuk:
You already have 2 foots... Big foot AND a lead foot :D :D
That's more feet than a person should have :D

[jet4fun]

You already have 2 foots... Big foot AND a lead foot :D :D
That's more feet than a person should have :D
but i wear them so well :crossx:

[robk]

Not me.. I'd buy a 71-73 911(very light cars), gut it , install 2 racing seats and a roll bar, and throw in a modified 3.2 turbo drivetrain.. Talk about a rocket :D
Turnkey all the way :D
*NOW* you're talking :)
Rob