A week or so ago we showed you some grainy video of a violent crash at the 2012 King of the Hammers event in California. At the time we had mentioned that the co-driver was rumored to have broken both of his ankles in the crash. Well, as you’ll see here, that was not a rumor. This video shows the poor guy in the vehicle and he does have two busted ankles. What seems crazy to us is that the guy looks to be wearing regular sneakers. Hindsight being 20/20 high topped racing shoes or maybe some boots could have helped him. Then again maybe not.
In reality, what we are probably seeing is the result of the guy stiffening up or bracing himself with his legs right before the buggy mashes head first into a rock the size of a small building. Lots of stuff has been said about the in car video of Danica Patrick’s NASCAR crash last weekend. She pulled her hands off the wheel and feet off the pedals before suffering a massive hit and walked away. If this man had belts on the loose side and had his legs braced on the floor, all of the force of his body coming forward on impact would have gone right to his ankles, potentially crushing them. Considering his injuries here, that may be what happened.
All we know is that this is one hell of a shot. The driver climbs out and seems to be in a complete fog, just trying to figure out what the hell happened.
Thanks to Caswell for the tip on this one!
Careful! THERE IS SWEARING IN THIS VIDEO KEEP THE SPEAKERS DOWN AT WORK!
The driver was life flighted out the next day with a concussion. From what I’m told he is recovering fine.