Wow, they stood a chance at surviving if that barrier wasn't there to impale the car.
Weird crash. I'd like to see a breakdown of how that happened. With high powered RWDs it's usually the rear end breaking loose like what happened to Paul Walker, but this was the opposite problem.
It really looks like he locked up his brakes, but a Ferrari has traction control systems out the wazoo so I don't know how that would be possible.
At the very end of the tunnel, you can barely see it but the road has a dip, so there's airtime. The combination of his speed plus the airtime means that Zampella lost control and died soon after impact.
The curve of the road is sharp AF. The other side of the road is a cliff, so you kinda have to slow down there, but he was going too fast to begin with
RIP. Single car crash, passenger is also dead
Video of the crash: https://x.com/OC_Scanner/status/2003223127384555884
Original article: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/
There's video because this specific road is a popular place for high speed runs and known in SoCal's car scene
Edit: 296 GTS, not GTO
Wow, they stood a chance at surviving if that barrier wasn't there to impale the car.
Weird crash. I'd like to see a breakdown of how that happened. With high powered RWDs it's usually the rear end breaking loose like what happened to Paul Walker, but this was the opposite problem.
It really looks like he locked up his brakes, but a Ferrari has traction control systems out the wazoo so I don't know how that would be possible.
At the very end of the tunnel, you can barely see it but the road has a dip, so there's airtime. The combination of his speed plus the airtime means that Zampella lost control and died soon after impact.
The passenger died at the hospital
Makes sense, he was in his lane up until exiting the tunnel. He slammed the brakes long before though for some reason.
The curve of the road is sharp AF. The other side of the road is a cliff, so you kinda have to slow down there, but he was going too fast to begin with