mattfl
Member
Anyone else seen this story floating around? It's from another non Jeep forum but I'll copy/paste the text here.
On Memorial Day, a lot of local Jeepers were out enjoying the holiday. After a large group run up a canyon which is a mere 10 miles from my home, the group came back out of the canyon and split up to each go their separate ways. One of those Jeeps was a 4dr JK with an aftermarket front bumper... one which happens to have a stinger. As Eric and his sister were driving home along the edge of town, a 16-year-old girl pulled out from a stop sign and into their path. He hit her square in the driver's door of their rental Nissan Versa (their Chevy Tahoe was in the shop for repair at the time)
The girl is in extremely critical condition. She suffered severe brain trauma and has already lost her left eye. Doctors say her outlook is grim; they aren't even certain she will survive.
Her mother was riding with her in the car at the time. She also suffered extensive injuries and is currently in serious condition; doctors say she is expected to fully recover. After the crash, they were each airlifted to different hospitals; their poor husband/father has been going back and forth and is understandably in extreme anguish right now.
Residents are already petitioning for the city to install a stop light at the intersection in question. Apparently this is not the first serious crash which has happened there. Furthermore, local friends have set up a go fund me account to help their family pay for the medical bills which will certainly follow.
Eric and his sister escaped with only minor injuries.
So the other non jeep forum is up in arms about stingers and think they should be banned, since the stinger directly resulted in her more serious injuries, of course if she hadn't pulled out in front of the Jeep non of that would have happened anyways.
What do you guys think? They are thinking the Jeep driver will be screwed when/if a civil suit is filed against him since most if not all aftermarket bumpers are off road use only.
On Memorial Day, a lot of local Jeepers were out enjoying the holiday. After a large group run up a canyon which is a mere 10 miles from my home, the group came back out of the canyon and split up to each go their separate ways. One of those Jeeps was a 4dr JK with an aftermarket front bumper... one which happens to have a stinger. As Eric and his sister were driving home along the edge of town, a 16-year-old girl pulled out from a stop sign and into their path. He hit her square in the driver's door of their rental Nissan Versa (their Chevy Tahoe was in the shop for repair at the time)
The girl is in extremely critical condition. She suffered severe brain trauma and has already lost her left eye. Doctors say her outlook is grim; they aren't even certain she will survive.
Her mother was riding with her in the car at the time. She also suffered extensive injuries and is currently in serious condition; doctors say she is expected to fully recover. After the crash, they were each airlifted to different hospitals; their poor husband/father has been going back and forth and is understandably in extreme anguish right now.
Residents are already petitioning for the city to install a stop light at the intersection in question. Apparently this is not the first serious crash which has happened there. Furthermore, local friends have set up a go fund me account to help their family pay for the medical bills which will certainly follow.
Eric and his sister escaped with only minor injuries.
So the other non jeep forum is up in arms about stingers and think they should be banned, since the stinger directly resulted in her more serious injuries, of course if she hadn't pulled out in front of the Jeep non of that would have happened anyways.
What do you guys think? They are thinking the Jeep driver will be screwed when/if a civil suit is filed against him since most if not all aftermarket bumpers are off road use only.
