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What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« on: July 15, 2010, 04:26:13 PM »
The word "miraculous" scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree Sunday morning. It's what the local Police Chief calls the "worst accident he's seen in 35 years."

Sunday was a busy day for the members of the Santa Maria Police Department, starting with a police chase that resulted in a stolen car crashing into a first grade classroom of a local school. But that's not where this amazing crash happened.

Hours later, Officer Damon Badnell was responding to an officer involved in a foot pursuit of a burglary suspect when he lost control of his vehicle on a slippery road. The momentum wrapped the vehicle around the tree, nearly bisecting the Ford Crown Victoria.

Officer Badnell, who recently was awarded for stopping the most drunk drivers, has a few broken bones but doctors are hopeful about his recovery.
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010, 04:29:43 PM »
 :shocked2: He was damn lucky to get out alive of that. :nervous:

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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010, 07:44:12 PM »
Gotta hand it to those engineers who designed that car. That is simply astonishing!!!
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2010, 08:19:33 PM »
Lucky cop! Maybe the department can make a planter out of it at HQ?  :nixweiss:
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2010, 08:58:10 PM »
Lucky to be alive, thanks for sharing
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2010, 09:40:03 PM »
That had to hurt. If it had been on the other side the results may have been different. Lucky man ! Did they catch the suspect they were after.  :nixweiss: 
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2010, 10:57:19 PM »
WOW :nervous: That hurt, lucky to have air bags :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2010, 11:26:48 PM »
Very lucky to be walking away from that one.
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 11:37:05 PM »
Ouch!
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2010, 04:26:47 PM »
Wow !!!
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Re: What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2010, 09:54:18 PM »
Amazing...Thank GOD!
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Police Crash
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2010, 04:39:27 PM »
A Santa Maria police officer is in stable condition today after crashing his patrol car this weekend while responding to a foot chase involving another officer.

According to police, Officer Damon Badenell, who has been on the force three years, is awake and sitting up in the Intensive Care Unit at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and is expected to be released in a week, said police Lt. Rico Flores.

Badenell was northbound on Broadway at Main Street at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday when he lost control of his patrol car, Flores said."We don't know why he lost control," Flores said. "That's still under investigation."

Badenell was responding as backup to the pursuit of a burglary suspect, Flores said.

The patrol car struck two trees and the center median, Flores said, and Badenell suffered multiple injuries in the crash.

The accident remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol, Flores said.




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