The 1977 Death of Tom Pryce or The Worst Thing I Have Ever Seen

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Madman
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I am not a fan of gore but I stumbled on this gif of the 1977 death of Tom Pryce.

VERY GRAPHIC YOU SHOULD PROBABLY NOT CLICK THIS

http://i.imgur.com/8kGzX.gif

Driver Tom Pryce and Track Marshall Janson Van Vuuren were both killed instantly during A F1 race in spectacular fashion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Pryce

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Pryce was directly behind Stuck's car along the main straight, Stuck himself sensed Van Vuuren and moved to the right to avoid both marshals, missing Bill by what Tremayne reports to have been a matter of "millimetres". From his position directly behind Stuck, Pryce could not see Van Vuuren and was unable to react as quickly as Stuck had done. He struck the teenage marshal at approximately 270 km/h (170 mph). Van Vuuren was thrown into the air and landed yards in front of Zorzi and Bill. He died upon impact, his body being literally torn in half by Pryce's car.[42] The fire extinguisher he had been carrying smashed into Pryce's head, before striking the Shadow's roll hoop. The force of the impact was such that the extinguisher was thrown up and over the adjacent grandstand. It came to ground in the car park to the rear of the stand, where it hit a parked car and jammed its door shut.[41]


You always think about speed being dangerous but damn.



[This message has been edited by Madman (edited 5/21/2012 10:11p).]
sts7049
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um...wow.
CATAGBQ04
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WOW
Dill-Ag13
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Yeah seriously. Don't watch that.
jetch17
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Aggietaco
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CrottyKid
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Do not click. It will ruin your day.
Wildmen03
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I didn't read the story, is that guy OK?
Dill-Ag13
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IS HE OK??
The Fife
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ITT we see who doesn't follow instructions not to click on the GIF.
CATAGBQ04
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IS HE OK??


BrazosDog02
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It shouldn't really be all that shocking. You've all seen cats and raccoons after they get hit at a measley 55mph right? If they make solid contact, they sort of explode.

Im a little surprised there was that much left over.
El Chupacabra
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The marshal and driver were kind of in shock. Couldn't have been real to them at that second.
Flaith
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didn't show Tom Pryce (the driver) getting practically decapitated by the 40lb fire extinguisher that the marshall was carrying

horrible
NeuroticAg
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Van Vuuren was thrown into the air and landed yards in front of Zorzi and Bill. He died upon impact, his body being literally torn in half by Pryce's car

Based on that video, it really doesn't look like he was actually torn in half. It looks like his pants came off.
CATAGBQ04
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Yeah...but then you see his innards fly out
EMY92
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I saw a Dodge Ram van hit a sheep on the highway. I was about 100 yards away approaching the scene. The sheep exploded.

In the gif posted, it doesn't look like there was any reason to be running across an active raceway.
TexasRebel
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You mean other than the car on fire with the driver still in?
jetch17
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this video was like watching the Clint Malarchuk hockey goalie video ... curious to watch, cant look away, then regret watching it.
the enigma
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jetch-
is that the one where he got his throat slit by a skate?

I worked a scene where a guy on a motorcycle hit a small (s10 size) pickup head on and was throw a significant distance. He landed on his butt and was split up the middle (into left and right sides) to about his diaphragm. Talk about a mess!
jetch17
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yes.
CrottyKid
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Against my bettwr judgement, I looked up the hockey vid. I can't believe that guy is alive!
the enigma
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Yeah, that hockey vid, IMHO, is worse than the .gif posted above. It is so harrowing, you just know that you are watching a dead man
JohnTheAggie
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If Wikipedia is accurate, the team trainer was a former Army medic, and reacted quick by reaching in the neck and squeezing the jugular until help arrived to start stitches.
FDXAg
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Much worse video of this crash out there. Don't go looking for it like I did....
AgNav93
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Well, it's bad, but not as bad as the Bud Dwyer suicide video. I really do regret watching that one.
TexasRebel
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If we're doing gore, we're doing it right...











TexasRebel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDZQIrAHHEc

[This message has been edited by TexasRebel (edited 5/23/2012 12:43p).]
Aggietaco
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Well, it's bad, but not as bad as the Bud Dwyer suicide video. I really do regret watching that one.



Is that the guy from the Filter song?
JohnTheAggie
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Is that the dudes arm in the vette pic?
MouthBQ98
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If you start really looking you can find some horrible accident photos.

I remember seeing one of a dude and a chick on a harley that tried to pass some cars and hit a box truck head on, combined speed something like 120mph. their bodies were pieces...

Then there is the one where the tall guy gets off the chopper, and the pilot accidentally bumps the collective and the rotor blades flex down more than usual and whack...helmet full of brains..

I'm super glad I wasn't with my relatives a couple of decades ago at GSP before they built the new entrance. A truckload full of mexicans with their inner tubes were pulling out onto 83 when they stalled and an 18 wheeler came around the corner doing about 65 downhill... My relatives were camped down the hill, heard it, and were first on the scene. I think 7 people died.

[This message has been edited by MouthBQ98 (edited 5/23/2012 3:25p).]
FDXAg
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Sure looks like it
PMD03
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Yes and the marks on the back of the trailer are blood.

The Budd Dwyer video is the worst imo. Especially if you read his written speech and hear the new facts that he was indeed innocent.
the enigma
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dont GIS Porsche Girl if you dont want to see gore.
the enigma
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re: the arm in the 'Vette pic:
you are talking about right in front of the license plate right? That is not his arm sticking up behind the truck.
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