We Lost a Neon Enthusiast Tuesday May 25th

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We Lost a Neon Enthusiast Tuesday May 25th

Post by g_force58 » Fri May 28, 2010 1:55 am

A friend of mine lost his life on tuesday at 8:24pm est. The love and desire of his life was a 2005 SRT4 and while testing it after a turbo swap lost control and was killed. While speed is addicting and a rush, you should carefully evaluate your driving skills and abilities before you try it. Sadly, I found out tonight that he was going to ask his girlfriend to marry him and give her a ring on may 29th. I am so sad that this promising young man is gone. in the process he almost took one of his friends with him. The passenger is in critical condition and still may not make it.
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Post by Midnight_Rider » Fri May 28, 2010 3:41 am

Sad news indeed. Our thoughts and prayers will go out to his family and his girlfriend. Please keep us posted on the condition of the passenger.
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Post by darthroush » Fri May 28, 2010 5:09 am

Midnight_Rider wrote:Sad news indeed. Our thoughts and prayers will go out to his family and his girlfriend. Please keep us posted on the condition of the passenger.
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Post by BlackRoseRacing » Fri May 28, 2010 5:29 am

I'm with Gramps :thumbup:

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Post by hul kogan » Fri May 28, 2010 10:02 am

Sorry to hear this. :(
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Post by LowNSlow » Fri May 28, 2010 10:46 am

20 years old...that's a damn shame.


RIP...hopefully the passenger pulls through.
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Post by glasswars » Fri May 28, 2010 10:57 am

Found his facebook... car was pretty nice.

RIP to him and hopefully the passenger makes it out alive... innocent people getting taken is unfortunate.
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Post by measy27 » Fri May 28, 2010 11:10 am

Rest in peace.. Sorry to hear this.... my prayers go out to his family and friends..
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Post by Haganracing » Fri May 28, 2010 12:58 pm

Wow, that really sucks.. Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope the passenger makes it out ok.

My thoughts and prayers are with the kid, the passenger and their families.
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Post by occasional demons » Fri May 28, 2010 12:58 pm

I'm with Gramps on this too. Also the passenger's friends/family.

While he (passenger) may be innocent in the sense he didn't directly injure himself, I have no doubt he had a sense of what he was getting into. As did the driver. In my younger days, it didn't matter if it was me, or a buddy driving, you didn't hesitate to go along for the ride. I would still like to believe there would be no hard feelings on either side of things. It is in a way no different than backyard football. You know you could break a leg, but you do it anyways. And you can't really be mad at your buddy for tackling you. Not a fair comparison, but the theme still holds true. We all do something dumb in our lives at some point, and most of us are lucky, (or unlucky) to live through it.
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Post by NeonOn19s » Fri May 28, 2010 1:12 pm

My prayers go out to his GF and family... So sad to hear things like this.
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Post by Pocahontas » Fri May 28, 2010 1:16 pm

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Post by dutch animal » Fri May 28, 2010 2:47 pm

:(

no words are sad enough.

peace to his girl , fam , and friend.
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Post by contagious18 » Sat May 29, 2010 9:16 am

Sorry to hear about such a huge tragedy. May he rip and my prayers go put to his friends and family
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sat May 29, 2010 9:55 am

Sad to hear :( even worse is that you hear it all too often lately. Best wishes to his family, friends and girlfriend for the strength they will need for the upcoming days.

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Post by rOniN » Sat May 29, 2010 11:20 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:Sad to hear :( even worse is that you hear it all too often lately. Best wishes to his family, friends and girlfriend for the strength they will need for the upcoming days.
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Post by g_force58 » Sat May 29, 2010 2:01 pm

Thanks to all for the good comments to this posting. I will pass them along to the family and Girlfriend. The passenger is now awake but still in guarded condition. His injuries are very severe, including head injuries, broken legs and shoulder, had spleen removed and has severely bruised lungs. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers.
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sat May 29, 2010 2:11 pm

Were they wearing seat belts? What did the car look like in it's prime?

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Post by lilnicko11 » Sat May 29, 2010 9:56 pm

im sorry to hear this. i hope the passenger comes out ok. This puts the scare in me. It can really happen to anyone and anytime.
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Post by moparfwdsleeper » Sat May 29, 2010 11:47 pm

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Post by NickKo » Sun May 30, 2010 12:15 pm

This IS really sad. :(

My own observation is that, people don't take the risk seriously enough, sometimes.

occasional demons wrote:While he (passenger) may be innocent in the sense he didn't directly injure himself, I have no doubt he had a sense of what he was getting into. As did the driver. In my younger days, it didn't matter if it was me, or a buddy driving, you didn't hesitate to go along for the ride. I would still like to believe there would be no hard feelings on either side of things. It is in a way no different than backyard football. You know you could break a leg, but you do it anyways. And you can't really be mad at your buddy for tackling you. Not a fair comparison, but the theme still holds true. We all do something dumb in our lives at some point, and most of us are lucky, (or unlucky) to live through it.
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Post by 2much4u » Sun May 30, 2010 12:48 pm

Really sad to hear this r.i.p

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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sun May 30, 2010 9:54 pm

Nice looking, huge lip on those rims.

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Post by g_force58 » Mon May 31, 2010 1:29 am

Lil Sparkplug, The neon that Glasswars posted pics of belonged to Mitch. Post accident it was almost unrecognizeable. The front was gone, i think up to the windshield. Haven't seen the car in person, post accident, But saw pics on the local news. The most prominent part I saw was the right rear quarter panel.
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Post by j-king » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:49 am

sorry to hear this

my prayers are with him and his family also the guy in the hospital
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Post by King Crab » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:51 pm

This is very sad news. My thoughts and prayers go out to all that have been touched by this tragedy.
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Post by esfan » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:24 pm

This is so sad. Sorry to hear that
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:00 am

Sorry to hear!! My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families and persons involved. may god bless them!!
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