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Old May 6, 2020 | 08:20 AM
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Horrible S-class W221 crash in Russia

OMG... WTF was he thinking?!








Mercedes driver died on the spot after crashing head on with an Iveco truck. Iveco driver and Camry occupants only suffered minor injuries.
It happened on May 5th in the district of Alexander Nevsky in the region Ryazan, Russia.

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http://rusdtp.ru/84045-moment-smerte...sti-video.html

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Old May 6, 2020 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyMeister
OMG... WTF was he thinking?!
He wasn't.
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Old May 6, 2020 | 05:53 PM
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good one less idiot on the roads....
in this part of the world its a normal day, if this makes your day you can watch hundreds of hours footage just like this
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Old May 6, 2020 | 05:58 PM
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I guess in America you think only ken block knew how to drive?
unsurprisingly this guy is now dead, but this was a normal day till his mate finished him off
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by MowgliCSM
He wasn't.
He played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:41 AM
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good one less idiot on the roads....
in this part of the world its a normal day, if this makes your day you can watch hundreds of hours footage just like this
Are you from Russia? I must say, I'm addicted to these Russian dashcam videos. I hate to say this, but I'm always searching for those with the tagline "Poslednie Sekundy Zhizni".
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:42 AM
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I guess in America you think only ken block knew how to drive?
unsurprisingly this guy is now dead, but this was a normal day till his mate finished him off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-ypeveZRU
I'm probably going to get lambasted for saying this, but he had it coming...
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Originally Posted by TonyMeister
OMG... WTF was he thinking?!








Mercedes driver died on the spot after crashing head on with an Iveco truck. Iveco driver and Camry occupants only suffered minor injuries.
It happened on May 5th in the district of Alexander Nevsky in the region Ryazan, Russia.

Original source in Russian:

http://rusdtp.ru/84045-moment-smerte...sti-video.html

Video footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqkj26SEOM
Too much vodka.
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Too much vodka.
I think you're right. That doesn't look like the behaviour of a sober driver. I mean, the brake lights didn't even light up when he faced the truck. He just went for it.
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You posted another crash previously: https://mbworld.org/forums/s63-amg-4matic-coupe-s65-amg-coupe-c217-convertibles-a217/749531-fatal-crash-s63-coupe-russia.html#post7795465
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Oh my god, this is a terrible moment!
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