Easter
Morning Sunday March 31, 2002
Oregon Spring Break
MVA on beach
Car vrs rock at high speed
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Cannon Beach
Fire and Rescue and police responded
to the beach south of Tolovana wayside at approximately 5 a.m.
Sunday March 31, 2002. (Easter Sunday)
A vehicle with 3 teenage occupants was illegally driving on the
beach
when it collided with a large rock at a high rate of speed tearing the vehicle in half with 2 of the 3 occupants being ejected.
Police estimated the vehicle was traveling 80 to 100 miles per hour.
The
image to the right
shows the remains of
the engine and front
end of the vehicle
The rock the
vehicle hit is in
the background
The
image on the left
clearly shows the
vehicles tire tracks
leading to the point of
impact with the rock.
The remains of the
passenger compartment
are in the background.
Cannon Beach EMTs provided emergency
treatment for the injured.
One of the injured had been thrown approximately 159 feet from
the vehicle.
All 3 occupants were transported to the
Columbia Memorial Hospital
trauma center in Astoria. One of the occupants was then flown
by Life Flight to Portland where he was listed in critical condition.
(Note -- all 3 survived)
