One of my good friends here on the Mtn., walked away from
this crash last early Sunday morning. He was headed to the
Greenville/Spartanburg SC airport to fly back to Cajun county
for a relative's funeral.
5:45 am, dark, heading down US 25 near Traveler's Rest, SC:
a car oncoming, suddenly veered over the center line. Melvin
my friend, an ex-jet driver for Delta simply held on and braked
as he T Boned the Toyota Camry. The cops estimate the
Camry was going
70 mph + when it was T boned...
Mel climbed out of the MB, (door still opened), and got away
with cuts, bruises and aches. (He's 65). The MB is totaled to
the tune of ~$48Gs+. He has a new one on order and realizes
the car saved his life. The Camry is about 3 feet wide; both
driver and passenger were mush and dead, unfortunately.
Not an ad for MB, as I know the X is similar in construction, but
a helluva example of what these cars can go through.
My buddy Mel is very lucky and glad to be alive.
BR,mD