How fast did this guy have to be going to flip the car over after he hit it?......
3 are killed in collision of car, speeding motorcycle
By Matthew Hathaway
Post-Dispatch
08/04/2003
Three people are dead after a motorcycle traveling more than 100 mph crashed into a car trying to cross a four-lane highway in northern Jefferson County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Authorities said Bernice Bruning of Maryland Heights had tried to drive her 1995 Buick LeSabre across Highway M at Old Lemay Ferry Road about 8 p.m. Sunday. Before Bruning could get through the intersection, her car was struck by a motorcycle driven by Jeremy Desroche of Imperial.
Bruning, 79, and Desroche, 24, died at the scene. Amanda R. Kaut, 21, of Imperial, died Monday of injuries suffered in the accident. She was riding on the back of the motorcycle. Bruning's husband, Walter Bruning, 81, was the sole survivor of the accident. He was listed in fair condition Monday at St. Anthony's Medical Center in south St. Louis County.
Desroche and Kaut were wearing motorcycle helmets and the Brunings were wearing their seat belts, authorities said.
Highway Patrol Cpl. Jon Parrish said Desroche technically had the right of way, but he said it would be easy for a driver to misjudge the motorcycle's high speed.
Parrish added that cars often survive collisions with motorcycles without serious damage, but Desroche's breakneck speed in effect turned his 1995 Ducati motorcycle into a 500-pound cannonball. The collision threw Desroche and Kaut off the motorcycle and flipped the car upside down.
"The fact that the car was flipped over really shows how fast (Desroche) was driving. Motorcycles don't usually do that to cars," Parrish said.
