An investigation determined that the crash was "intentional" and charges are pending, Pennsylvania State Police said.

An investigation determined that the crash was “intentional” and charges are pending, Pennsylvania State Police said.

  • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
    43·
    1 year ago

    The vehicle went into a culvert behind the house before landing on the roof, according to Junction Fire Company. The investigation found speed to be a factor in the crash, according to Decatur Fire Company.

    Wow

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      20·
      1 year ago

      Has any crash ever occurred in which speed was not a factor?

      - The vehicle was found to have no velocity and so speed was not a factor in his incident. The driver simply phased in from another parallel universe and intersected with a tree.

      • Steeve@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 year ago

        I actually find that usually everything is fine until the sudden lack of speed.

      • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        well ‘crash’ is kind of a generic term used for any incident involving a vehicle and they can be caused by other objects besides the vehicle in question, and parked cars may be involved in incidents

        so an animal/person/tree/meteor could theoretically fall onto a parked vehicle, and in that sense ‘speed’ would not be a vehicle factor code

        source: I work with state crash forms as part of my job and see all kinds of factor codes, not all ‘crashes’ necessarily involve a moving vehicle

        some examples: Parked, Stopped in Traffic Lane, Explosion/Fire

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Correct me if I’m wrong, but saying ‘speed was a factor’ is kindof a generic catch all for “they were going too fast”

          like, you could be going ten under, checking the address number on your phone and still hit a stopped car. In that case, it was the distracted driving and not necessarily the speed.

          • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah mentions of speed typically mean ‘over a safe speed (depending on conditions), or over the legal speed limit’

            The full report would likely list one or more secondary factors as well, such as collision with a fixed object or whatever actually helped launch this car into the air

            Sounds like this person wanted to ram the house so they floored it, but flying into the 2nd story was not planned

            • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              Sounds like this person wanted to ram the house so they floored it, but flying into the 2nd story was not planned

              nobody…uh… expects the, er, spanish…ah, curb?

              thanks for the information!

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was wondering how a vehicle got all the way up there. I was assuming hundreds of balloons, but I suppose speed could work, too.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
      10·
      1 year ago

      isn’t it fun to think that ANYONE could decide to do this at ANY TIME? Literally all that’s keeping you from being crushed is people constantly deciding specifically not to do so.

      God i am so glad i decided to stop using cars unless strictly necessary.

      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Doesn’t not driving mean traveling just as nearby to cars, but without the protective metal box around you?

        Or do you mean a specific incident where you considered crashing into the roof of a house but decided to stop driving before you did?

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
          2·
          1 year ago

          no? i just walk/bike/use public transit.

          Keeps me much further from the cars (or inside a very big car) and it’s more enjoyable anyways.

          Also wops i should have written “decided to stop being driven” as i have never driven a car myself lol, gonna edit that

            • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
              2·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, we have 2-3 meter wide shared sidewalks for bikes and cyclists, very cheap and easy way to guarantee that people can get by without a car.

              • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 year ago

                meter

                That explains it. In places where they use feet, but the bike lane only gets like one, maybe two of them tops, and that’s assuming there’s a bike lane in the first place and that there’s any enforcement when a car just parks right in it.

      • Default_Defect@midwest.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Literally all that’s keeping you from being crushed is people constantly deciding specifically not to do so

        I don’t know about everyone else, but attempting murder isn’t something I have to talk myself down from on a constant basis. Might want to see a therapist.

  • girlfreddy@mastodon.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    @MicroWave

    Crashing into the house may have been intentional, but hitting the second floor was not. 20 yr old dudes aren’t smart enough to be able to plan & complete that launch.