This video is definitely frightening to watch, so be warned. Earlier in March, in Scappoose, Oregon, a driver’s dash cam captured a head-on collision between an out-of-control Kia minivan and a black GMC Yukon, an incident which ended with four people sent to the hospital.
The video is just 50 seconds long, but that’s all it takes for this massive accident to take place. There are two different angles that show the events play out, the first being a front-facing view where we see the minivan speed into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing two other cars and the truck equipped with the cameras. The second angle shows the view behind the truck, where the minivan smashes into the GMC Yukon, which didn’t see the oncoming vehicle until it was too late.
“I was on my morning commute,” the video description reads. “You can see I didn’t ‘jerk’ out of her way. I saw the motion from the two cars she split and thought it may be a horse or deer, so I just wandered over. Had I not, it would have been too late to react.”
According to a report from Columbia County Spotlight, the driver of the minivan and her two passengers were taken to the hospital, as was the driver of the GMC Yukon. The Yukon driver suffered fractured vertebrae, a broken pelvis, a broken sternum, and a bruised heart.
The minivan driver, identified as Lisa Sam, was charged with a DUI, as well as five other charges related to the crash. Sam and one of her passengers may also face charges for possession of methamphetamine.
Looking at the footage of the crash, it’s a miracle there were no fatalities. Again, this is one nasty collision, so be warned.
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Comments
I wonder if the other guy that hit him stopped?
Wow! That’s amazing the the Yukon driver did not perish. The Meth/Drunk driver should be placed in solitary confinement under whatever prison they are going to.
Gotta love typical human behavior, where several key witnesses to this horrific crash violate the law & keep on driving away from an accident with obvious injuries, not to mention rendering aid to those involved. Disgustingly, this happens 1000’s of times a day in this Country. Blame it on the Lawyers??
This crash was about 2 feet from a double fatality. The van hit the side of the Yukon. If she had been two feet more to the left it would have been a solid head on that neither would have survived.
The van did not drive off as that is the smoke from it in the back ground.
The Yukon took a nasty hit in the side that launched the rear up in the air. That twisting motion did most of the damage.
Anyone DUI should be treated as criminals not people with an illness. Time to stop giving out the get out of jail free cards on these. Sure they are always sorry after the fact.
I wonder who’s the sorry ass POS that thumbed your comment down ??? (Probably another drunk) You’re absolutely correct. Had the driver of the Yukon Denali (sweet truck) did not act that would’ve easily been fatal. I HATE drunks behind the wheel. That poor driver had devastating injuries all because that stupid ass MF wanted to drive drunk. They need to give her ass some years
That WAS a nasty crash.Need stronger penalties for drunks. They should never be allowed to get behind a wheel again.