Photos: Oakland driver goes over 100 mph in Maserati, collides with freeway underside, CHP says

[Demovictory9]

The California Highway Patrol's Oakland office shared images Monday showing the aftermath of a brief vehicle pursuit after a speeding driver in a Maserati refused to stop for an officer attempting to pull him over, the CHP said.

The 32-year-old male driver on 580 westbound accelerated to over 100 mph and a pursuit ensued, according to CHP.

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"It was a short-lived pursuit," Officer David Arias, a spokesperson for Oakland CHP, further explained. "He didn't make it far before he exited and as soon as he exited, instead of going straight, he veered left, went off the ramp and then went up the embankment and collided with the underside of the freeway."

The images show a car wedged under the freeway in a place you'd never think would be accessible to a vehicle.

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The driver was taken to a local hospital due to a complaint of pain and will be facing charges for reckless evading, CHP said. An investigation is underway.

"It's unbelievable that he didn't die," Arias said. "It's crazy that he lived."

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-CHP-Maserati-crash-freeway-16096190.php

[jcgoldie]

1. welp

Score one for Maserati vehicle safety department!

[csziggy]

3. Yes - they must have one hell of a driver protection cage in that car! nt

[soothsayer]

5. Seriously

Impressive

[exboyfil]

11. Seriously

If they were a car of the masses it would be a hell of a ad (like the old Chrysler ad where two Chryslers hit head on but both drivers walked away). I think it was Chrysler, but I might be wrong.

I don't think Maserati would bother of course.

[lagomorph777]

22. I disagree. Such a car should be illegal to sell.

Any car that can go over 100mph on a public road is a deadly threat to all.

I live near a dealer for Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo... (anything ending in a vowel). The road behind my house sounds like Indy for hours every day. Every little aging boy is out there trying to make the loudest fart sounds with their sabotaged exhaust systems, and the biggest burnouts with their fancy tires.

[jcgoldie]

36. I'll settle for outlawing gun magazines that do nothing but kill people

You can't legislate away fast cars and every other thing that makes people a danger to themselves.

[lagomorph777]

37. Definitely higher priority on gun safety.

Cars at least have an ostensible function aside from killing.

[dhol82]

4. Totally!

[lagomorph777]

23. It's unfortunate.

[lagomorph777]

31. Yes, it seems like that.

Amazing.

[Treefrog]

6. How in HELL did that guy live?

Was he drunk?

[Cafe Cat]

10. That's the only explanation I could come up with.

Rubber bones.

Unbelievable. That looks like nobody could have survived it.

[LT Barclay]

7. Did Joe Walsh get his license back?

[StClone]

15. Thanks! Joe's goes 185.

[Blue Owl]

35. He got a wedgie and now he can't drive

[marble falls]

8. What's the problem? He pulled over and parked the car safely out of traffic?

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. THAT'S a Maserati?

I swear, it looks like more like mom's Hyundai, from this angle.

Of course, mom doesn't usually drive 100 mph unless the Rocky Road ice cream is starting to melt.

[stopdiggin]

13. yeah. my thought too. doesn't look like much ...

and now, it literally doesn't look like much!
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[CottonBear]

17. I was behind a white four-door Maserati crossover sedan in Atlanta recently.

I did a double take because I didn’t know that Maserati made four-door SUV crossover’s. We were stuck in traffic because of an accident and I was right behind it so I could get a good look at the name on the vehicle.

I suppose that guy chose the right vehicle to have a wreck in.

[lagomorph777]

24. It looks like a spitball.

[Demovictory9]

25. fancier in the front. looks like a standard car from the back

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. Obviously, I stand corrected. I just expected a Maserati -- a MASERATI, for God's sake! --

to have something like rocket fins sprouting out the rear. Obviously, I need to spend more time hanging around the local Maserati dealerships.

[ecstatic]

12. Holy crap. Looks like the Maserati is well built.

But why are we still having high speed chases in this country? Just get the tags, ffs.

[stopdiggin]

16. I don't think there was much pursuit

Flipped the lights, and the dude floored it. (and then found out he couldn't drive)

But your point is well taken.

[Luciferous]

14. He's lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else.

[stopdiggin]

18. yeah. we're all having a good laugh here

but these ass*oles are really dangerous! I'd like to see really serious penalties (and lengthy suspensions) handed out.

[Mysterian]

19. He'll be in trouble if he's not a celebrity

If he's a celebrity, the investigation will reveal just a simple booboo involving mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal.

[central scrutinizer]

20. Was probably aiming for the gap between the bridges.

Go air bound and stick the landing. Works all the time on Fast and Furious, Dukes of Hazard, James Bond...

[temporary311]

29. For Dukes of Hazard,

they totaled somewhere in the ballpark of 300 General Lee's during filming. Basically, every time they jumped one, it was toast.

[Talitha]

21. How bizzare - it's incredible that he survived.

But if you take a closer look at the first photo, it looks like the right side of the car is the part that got wedged-in. The drivers' side seems to have missed getting crushed. In any case, the driver probably needed to change his shorts ASAP.

[Demovictory9]

27. lucky he had no passenger

[Talitha]

33. Yes indeed!

[USALiberal]

26. Did Tiger get charged? Nt

[Demovictory9]

28. nope

[NutmegYankee]

32. Yeah, but did he get to 185?

Life's been good to this guy.