33yo LASD officer dies in a 1965 427 Cobra

[BB14404SPD]

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-...o-left-another-person-injured-in-temple-city/

Sad he lost his life. Speed kills, this happened close to to where I live.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Never drive a car that’s faster than your brain can think!

 

[Jerry Hall]

You have to respect the power in your hands. As a long time hotrodder and Mopar freak, I know this all to well. I have seen multiple friends die, from doing foolish crap. There is literally no place for this on the street anymore.

 

[davek]

that car got torn up,sad to hear he died.

 

[33 IMP]

At least he didn't kill his passenger too.
(My grandparents had a house in Temple city, and I have a house about ten minutes from the scene.)
I'm sure it was a cobra replica, but some of them can be fatally fast too.

 

[Fran Blacker]

To bad about the guy getting killed. Looked like a replica could see torn fiberglass. No seat belt?

 

[AR67GTX]

I have a Cobra replica and I wouldn’t drive it out of the driveway without the seat belt and shoulder harnesses secured. Your *** is wrapped in fiberglass, the steering column is like any pre-67 column and the windshield header and visor hardware brackets are just right there to permanently tattoo your forehead, if not grey matter. When driving it in traffic paranoia runs deep.

 

[Budnicks]

Sad he died
& someone else was injured too

RIP Cobra dude

in that kind of car
you better be a truly defensive driver
no low-performance drivers/no driven Ivans should be allowed

 

[gtx6970]

Sad to hear.
And im not insinuating its the case here.
But ......all to many times it comes back to low performance drivers in high performance cars.

Ive riden in a small block powered cobra kit car. (351 and a 5spd )
Stupid fast is an understatement .

 

[440 PHIXX]

It’s basically a go kart with 500HP.

What could go wrong?

 

[67charger383]

Badass way to die imo

 

[moparedtn]

"The one-vehicle collision happened around 2:20 a.m..."
I don't know, mind you....but I'm betting this is telling...

 

[Dennis H]

Sad.

Hellcat. Higher survivability rate. Geezers and others walking away from horrific crashes. Buckle up and don’t involve others.

 

[Cranky]

You have to respect the power in your hands. As a long time hotrodder and Mopar freak, I know this all to well. I have seen multiple friends die, from doing foolish crap. There is literally no place for this on the street anymore.

Never was a place on the street even back in the 60's. There were several guys from school that their dad's got them cars that were over their heads and got them 6 foot under.....

 

[Jimmer]

It can happen fast !
Even the best drivers can make mistakes.
R.I.P.
Hope the lady recovers fully.

 

[Richard Cranium]

"The one-vehicle collision happened around 2:20 a.m..."
I don't know, mind you....but I'm betting this is telling...

Nothing good ever happens at time of day.

 

[moparedtn]

Nothing good ever happens at that time of day.

No sir - and but for the grace of God, I should have been a statistic that time of night myself, more
than once, in my younger years....

 

[66plysat]

I worked with his Dad, who passed away from cancer a couple of years ago. I'm sad for his Mom, losing a husband and then a son, I'm not sure how you recover from that. RIP

 

[Hey-O]

What can a person say about driving a car that can kill you, we all do. I'm sorry for the loss, R.I.P.

 

[JackR]

The video shows his body halfway across the street. No seatbelt?