Reply With Quote...driving what looked (from the wreckage and top cut off) to be a late model Gran Prix/GM sedan. Very high rate of speed to dao that since the bus was parked.
MRS HERE....
THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON LA CIENIGA(sp) in LA.....they say they were going a high rate of speed and lost control of the car.....running into a telephone poll of some sort sheering it off at te bottom and it flyiing past 2 trees then they slammed into a parked bus that then ran into a fire hydrant...... they had to use the jaws of life to get them out and they were in VERY critical condition and both died a little later at the hospital.... they will not give out any names yet till next of kin is notifyed.....but did sy they are both former nfl players.....
...driving what looked (from the wreckage and top cut off) to be a late model Gran Prix/GM sedan. Very high rate of speed to dao that since the bus was parked.
...driving what looked (from the wreckage and top cut off) to be a late model Gran Prix/GM sedan. Very high rate of speed to dao that since the bus was parked.
Had to be VERY HIGH RATE also due to the bus moved good enough to knock the fire hydrant off!!!!
more info..............29yr old Darrel Russel of Santa Monica was from the Oakland Raiders..... he was the passanger.......
more info..............29yr old Darrel Russel of Santa Monica was from the Oakland Raiders..... he was the passanger.......
From www.nbc4.tv
LAPD: Former NFL Players Killed In Crash
POSTED: 8:07 am PST December 15, 2005
UPDATED: 11:56 am PST December 15, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- Two men, both believed to be former NFL players, were fatally injured Thursday when the speeding car they were in sheared off a fire hydrant and slammed into a parked bus, police said.
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Darrell Russell, 29, of Santa Monica, was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following the crash on southbound La Cienega Boulevard near Sawyer Street, said Los Angeles police Detective Mike Fischer of the West Traffic Division.
The fatally injured passenger is believed to be the former National Football League defensive lineman who played for Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said Lt. Paul Vernon of the LAPD's Media Relations Section.
Russell, a native of Pensacola, Fla., played for USC before turning pro.
The driver, who died at UCLA Medical Center, was also a former NFL player, according to NBC4, which cited LAPD sources. His name was not immediately released.
Paramedics using hydraulic tools worked for about 25 minutes to free the men from the wreckage of the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix, according to a fire department official.
The car left a roughly 50-yard path of destruction before it smashed into the bus just after 6 a.m.
The car's driver may have been street racing before the accident, MTA spokesman Dave Sotero said.
Fischer said another MTA driver reported seeing the Grand Prix speeding as it passed his or her bus shortly before the crash. The cause of the accident, however, remained under investigation.
La Cienega Boulevard, between Sawyer and 18th streets, was closed for more three hours to accommodate the investigation and Department of Water and Power crews, who shut off the flow of water.
Southbound La Cienega Boulevard was closed near Sawyer Street after the accident as crews worked to stop the flow of water from the broken fire hydrant.
Mrs HERE.............
Thanxs 4 the info.........
If it was street racing you just have to shake your head... Sad news anyway you look at it....
Stop posting under my name RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The driver of the car was former USC WR Mike Bastianlli, sad day in the Trojan family
Fight On
If it was street racing you just have to shake your head... Sad news anyway you look at it....
Police said there was no evidence of street racing, which was previously reported by an MTA offical, not LAPD. They said while there is evidence of excessive speed there is no evidence of street racing.
While Darrel had his problems off the field, it seemed he had begun to turn things around.
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