Bike hits car - flips car over!

[Burt Munro]

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.

[Pit_Girl]

ouchies!!!

man, that sux :-/

-jennifer

[Jeff]

how fast?  ummm, +100 easily.

"500lb cannonball".  Let's say the bike was 450lb wet.  Add to that a modest 175lb rider, 125lb passenger and another 25lbs for those two helmets (did lots of good here), etc.  675lbs +100mph... That'll do a LOT of damage...

[G 97]

Force = Mass x Acceleration

[tshort]

Force = Mass x Acceleration

stupidity + motorcycle = Darwin Candidate

[bmfgsxr]

i feel bad for the girl that was on the back of the bike.

[r6_philly]

i feel bad for the girl that was on the back of the bike.

My thoughts as well. Hopefully she didn't suffer much, considering the impact. I know if I died at summit that day I wouldn't have suffered (cuz I don't remember any)

[Jeff]

Don't be dumb enough to get on the back of a bike with a moron twisting the throttle...

I don't feel bad at all except for the families of all, especially the car folks who are the real victims here.

[r1owner]

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LOCATION: JEFFERSON COUNTY - RT M AT OLD LEMAY FERRY RD                      
                                                                            
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          DAMAGE:TOT DISPOSITION: LEOS TOWING                                
        DRIVER NAME: DESROCHE          JEREMY      J DOB: 060579 AGE: 24 SD: E
          ADDRESS:IMPERIAL MO                                                
                                                                            
  CAR: 02 1995 BUICK LESABRE - NB - AMER FIRE AND CASUALTY                  
          DAMAGE:TOT DISPOSITION: LEOS TOWING                                
        DRIVER NAME:BRUNING           BERNICE     C DOB: 110723 AGE: 79 SD: Y
          ADDRESS:MARYLAND HEIGHTS MO                                        
                                                                            
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CAR:01 NAME: DESROCHE        JEREMY      J DOB: 060579 AGE: 24 INJ: FAT SD: E
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CAR:01 NAME: KAUT            AMANDA      R DOB: 061582 AGE: 21 INJ: SER SD: E
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DISP:TO ST ANTHONYS MEDICAL CENTER BY ROCK TOWNSHIP                          
                                                                            
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   LEMAY FERRY RD WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE EB LANES OF RT M. VEH 2    
   PULLED INTO THE PATH OF VEH 1. FRONT OF VEH 1 STRUCK DRIVERS SIDE OF VEH  
   2. DRIVER 1 AND PASSENGER EJECTED FROM VEHICLE. COLLISION FORCED VEH 2    
   TO OVERTURN ONTO ITS TOP. DRIVER 1 PRONOUNCED AT SCENE. DRIVER 2          
   PRONOUNCED AT ST ANTHONYS MEDICAL CENTER BY DR R SUTTER AT 2056 HOURS    
   NEXT KIN NOTIFIED FOR DRIVER 1 AND DRIVER 2. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATED BY    
   CPL. P. SMITH (993)                                                      
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Taken from Missouri state highway patrol page.

I'm suprised they don't mention high rate of speed for the bike.  I would think they would.

[Burt Munro]

What a waste of a good bike - Ducati 916.  And surprise!! - no insurance!!

Kind of explains why it cost me over $900 a year for my '96 Ducati 900 SS SP.

[mfsweetgirl]

stupidity + motorcycle = Darwin Candidate

you know whats stupid some one that shows how stupid thay are. i know that girl that was on that bike. She was sweet loveing careing. one of the best i ever met. You shoule never talk down you the dead.

[mfsweetgirl]

And this is how i heard about this thank you guys. So much her mom has ben trying to get all this off hear. you guys are all ass holes. i Hope you never have to loos some one you love like this. Thay was just kids and kids do dumb things. We all have. but most dont pay like thay did. All this time. i was thinking she was in school makeing a life for her self. And this is what i see. i live by ware it happin now when i have to go that way i just feel so bad. Its ben along time but for me it just happined. how could people be like you guys are. how can you talk of some one like that.