Car lands in water at Captree car show

Cmike2780 · 05-09-2011, 12:01 PM

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Police are trying to determine how a car accelerated across a parking lot near the boat basin during a Captree State Park auto show Sunday, then launched into the nearby water with its driver inside.

The driver, whom police did not identify, swam to safety, according to witnesses. Capt. Bruce Marx of the state park police said the driver, a 30-year-old West Islip man, lost control of the car. "The vehicle crossed through the parking lot, over the grass and became submerged in a vacant slip," Marx said.

The driver of the silver, two-door Mazda RX-7 hit several motorcycles and a parked car as it quickly accelerated through the parking lot, Marx said. The driver was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with undisclosed injuries. He was the only occupant of the car. No one else was injured, Marx said.

John Rodriguez, 45, of Smithtown, witnessed the accident and said the problem started when the car seemed to take off without its owner inside. He said the driver was standing with dozens of other people when the Mazda started moving.

"The car just ran away from him," Rodriguez said. The car's owner then chased his car and managed to get into the vehicle. After the driver grabbed the steering wheel, the car took off again. "It just accelerated very quickly, hit a plant, and spun," Rodriguez said. "It went airborne about 7 to 8 feet and hit the water."

Rodriguez said the driver was still behind the wheel when the car started filling with water. A crowd gathered and yelled for the driver to get out, he said. "As the car started sinking, he got out," Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said the driver was lucky to not hit any poles, boats or people in the busy area.

Gary Heicklen, of Douglaston, Queens, was several feet away but caught a glimpse of the 10 seconds of chaos. "I heard a noise, turned around and I saw a car in the air," he said. "The whole crowd turned around."
The car remained submerged for several hours before police used a crane to remove it from the water.

State park-police detectives are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident, Marx said.

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Econ · 05-09-2011, 12:17 PM

woah, that's crazy

kielbasa16 · 05-09-2011, 12:23 PM

Thats insane, can it possibly be true that the car just started going without anybody inside? RX-7s have some weird issue Ive never heard of?

Econ · 05-09-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kielbasa16

Thats insane, can it possibly be true that the car just started going without anybody inside? RX-7s have some weird issue Ive never heard of?

yea, I;m thinking something's not adding up here...

Cmike2780 · 05-09-2011, 04:22 PM

It doesn't add up. I can only guess he slammed on the gas instead of the brake trying to stop the car. I don't know what would make it go into gear and accelerate like that.

Too bad, that looked like a clean looking FD. At least no one got hurt.

Talk about making a splash at a car meet.

wh1te370z · 05-10-2011, 08:04 AM

If it had an auto start and he left it in gear and started it it could do something like that.

dainedazz · 05-10-2011, 08:22 AM

Oh man..

papishampoo16 · 05-12-2011, 10:43 PM

that kinda looks like a rx8

Cmike2780 · 05-12-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by papishampoo16

that kinda looks like a rx8

Nope. Look at the doors.

Waiz · 05-12-2011, 11:33 PM

Noooooo poor FD!

metz · 05-12-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by wh1te370z

If it had an auto start and he left it in gear and started it it could do something like that.

Not if its hooked up right and nothing failed.

Probably had a turbo timer on it or something and bumped it into gear, who knows. I was just glad the story wasnt about him drifting around off of a pier.

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kielbasa16 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NY Posts: 770 Drives: 09 Blk Z Spt Rep Power: 16	Thats insane, can it possibly be true that the car just started going without anybody inside? RX-7s have some weird issue Ive never heard of? __________________ Mag Black Kielbasa

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Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 28	It doesn't add up. I can only guess he slammed on the gas instead of the brake trying to stop the car. I don't know what would make it go into gear and accelerate like that. Too bad, that looked like a clean looking FD. At least no one got hurt. Talk about making a splash at a car meet. __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

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