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  1. Jedi

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    #1 Jedi, Apr 20, 2008
    My wife just told me she heard on the radio about a Ferrari crash (with
    a shuttle bus) somewhere in Pierce county, with serious injuries...

    She was very freaked out because at the time I was driving around town
    in my 328...

    Does anyone know about this? How awful....

    Jedi
     
  2. jimveres

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    #2 jimveres, Apr 20, 2008
    At 3:47pm Kiro TV reported that the two occupants of the Ferrari were killed and three people from the bus were transported to the local hospital. No names have been released. How awlful.
     
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    #3 roytoy2003, Apr 20, 2008
    Happened on Gravley Lake Drive...I have no other detials........
    ROP
     
  4. BritBlaster

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    #5 Spasso, Apr 20, 2008
    Oh man.
    A grim reminder of the potential for bad things happening when we are out on our drives. I hate hearing about things like this.
     
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    #6 ST&A, Apr 20, 2008
    I just saw the Ferrari on the flat bed of a tow truck on KIRO tv, it looks like a Red testarossa, Man what a tragic accident.

    Prayer and wishes for all that was involved.
     
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    #8 StoryBook, Apr 20, 2008
    This is so tragic. Hate reading about stuff like this........especially so close to home. Condolences to the families.
     
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    #9 f355spider, Apr 20, 2008
    Ah crap...I am so sorry to hear of this. My condolences to their families.
     
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    #10 Romeo D, Apr 20, 2008
    My wife and I were just through that area around 3:30p coming back from Olympia......Sorry to hear about that.
     
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    #11 $$$=SPEED, Apr 20, 2008
    34 year old guy and a lady passenger died on the sceen!!

    My condolences to their family. Someone said it was a TR does anyone know yet? The articles only say it was a Ferrari?
     
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    #13 Spasso, Apr 20, 2008
    It looks to me like a 512M.
    Round tail lights and "pinwheels".
    How many of THOSE are around here and who could it be?
     
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    #15 Spasso, Apr 20, 2008
    It just sold a couple of weeks ago for 205k or something like that.. I wonder if it's the same one.
    For the record it's Red/Black
     
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    #16 Jdubbya, Apr 20, 2008
    What a tragedy. Condolences to the families, this is so sad.
     
  17. Jedi

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    #17 Jedi, Apr 20, 2008
    Since this report, ALL of our friends have called. We live just a few
    miles from where this happened, and as our friends heard it on the
    local news, all their hearts stopped and one by one they called,
    hoping against hope. My brother in law knew I was out driving
    in the UP /Lakewood area today with my wife Anne, and he called
    my cell phone but I didn't answer. So he actually came over to
    ease his distress. Not a lot of red Ferraris in this part of the county.
    Even got a call from a business associate from out of state who
    knows the area and saw the report on the web.

    All have put this poor man and his passenger in their thoughts. My
    wife cried when her brother called, just imagining how horrible this
    is. Now she wants me to sell my 328, but agreed to let some time
    pass. She can't get over the 'what if that was you and Julie (my
    17 year old who rides with me often).

    In our thoughts and prayers too... stuff like this hits close to home,
    in my case literally.

    Jedi
     
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    #19 StealthDriver26, Apr 20, 2008
    A moment of silence for all involved. I live in lakewood and I have seen that Ferrari before.
     
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    #20 GaryReed, Apr 21, 2008
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    This is just terrible.

    Here's the report from the King 5 web site. From the photo, the car appears to be a 1995 F512M.

    Maybe it was the one recently sold at the Murphy auction? I don't know of any other red ones in the area.

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    Associated Press

    LAKEWOOD, Wash. - A 35-year-old Lakewood man and a woman were killed and three others injured when a red Ferrari struck a shuttle bus in Lakewood.



    Courtesy of Dean Minor

    Two people in the Ferrari were killed in the crash.

    Lakewood police Lt. Dave Guttu says the driver and passenger in the Ferrari died at the scene on Sunday afternoon.

    The driver and two passengers in the Transpro shuttle were injured and taken to local hospitals for treatment. Guttu says the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

    The sports car had been going north on Gravelly Lake Drive when it crossed into the southbound lanes.

    The Ferrari struck the Transpro shuttle about 12:30 p.m.. Transpro provides rides to disabled and elderly passengers.

    It was not known if speed was a factor in the crash.

    Tacoma and Lakewood police shut down a section of Gravelly Lake Drive for several hours to investigate the accident.
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    #21 dinogt4guy, Apr 21, 2008
    Terrible news! Prayers to the family. :(
     
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    #22 F355 Spider, Apr 21, 2008
    This is just horrible... My thoughts and prayers are also with the families...
     
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    #23 Ron328, Apr 21, 2008
    Very sad. Prayers to their families.
     
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    #24 Spasso, Apr 21, 2008
    Tell her it's not the car's fault.
    YOU are cautious and do your best to be safe.
    It can happen just as easily in a Ford Focus.
     
  25. Jedi

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    #25 Jedi, Apr 21, 2008
    Exactly. She'll be fine - she just took it so hard because
    I had been out earlier with her, and with our daughter,
    in the very neighborhood where this happened. She's
    just caught up in the 'it could have been you' thing
    right now and taking it out on the car.

    It'll just take a little time.

    Dave
     
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