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Subject:Re: Vanagon "annihilation" on TV.......
From:Hotch
Date:Mon, 03 Feb 1997 13:46:13 -0500

Turner,Ronald L. wrote:
> 
> Did anyone elso see FOX's "Worlds Scariest Police chases"?
> One of the chaces involves the pursuit of a stolen Army tank wreaking havoc in a
> residential area somewhere in SoCal. The driver is intentionally running over
> vehicles and anything in his path.
> One shot from a Police chopper zooms in on a dark grey metallic Vanagon (the
> color that was widely used on the '87-'88 wolfsburg ed.) that is right in the
> tanks path......
> SQUASH!!!!
> It actually pushes the Vanagon backwards for a bit until it hits a RV, then
> squashes the Vanagon, as well as the RV behind it.
> 
> They later show a closeup of the Van after it was squashed. The drivers side and
> the roof were crushed to the ground, and a little of the passengers side
> remained.
> 
> ouch...
> 
> chris

What was interesting about this is the fact that he could not immediatly
crush the Vanagon...when he first hit it it barely got dented.
-- 
Hotch
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