1 Killed In I-93 Overnight Crash

05GTO · 02-17-2006, 07:58 PM

My thoughts and prayers go to the family of this young man.

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1 Killed In I-93 Overnight Crash
Cause Of Accident Under Investigation

BOSTON -- A deadly crash on Interstate 93 south early Friday in Milton claimed the life of a Brookline teenager.

A 19-year-old man lost his life around midnight after his car rolled over and hit a tree off the highway between the exit 3(Ponkapoag Trail) ramps in Milton. Police identified him as Jacob Kliman-Trimble of Brookline, Mass.

State Police said that the 19-year-old was traveling on Route 93 south in a 2005 Pontiac GTO when he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to travel off the right side of the roadway, roll over and crash into the tree line.

A 17-year-old boy in the car was taken to Boson Medical Center and was expected to survive. His name was not being released because of his age.

State Police believe speed was a factor in the crash.

GTO_400 · 02-17-2006, 08:51 PM

This should be an eye opener for all of us!
"State Police believe speed was a factor in the crash." This doesn’t surprise me at all, Inexperience + speed = disaster

GTODEALER · 02-18-2006, 10:08 AM

Wow, I've had friends killed in similar car accidents..... it's so sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

dealernut · 02-18-2006, 10:38 AM

I sold two of these cars to 17 year olds. I literally took them to the track and taught them how and WHEN to drive the car fast.

Reading this scares me about them. I will be e-mailing this to him to remind him of the consequences.

Very sad story.

StangStalker · 02-18-2006, 03:40 PM

People just need to repect the power that these cars have, because if you don't, this is the kind of thing that happens. My GTO is parked for the winter because the roads up here S U C K during the winter, all of the salt, sand, and potholes from the damn plows.

GOATGIRL · 02-18-2006, 03:54 PM

It's ashame things like this happen...makes you realize how valuable life really is...

b_a_betterperson · 02-18-2006, 06:24 PM

Look at how far the front is pushed in! Geez, the nose of the car is stuffed under the A-pillar. That is one heck of an impact. In fact, the engine and front suspension might have been torn off the car.

C5ORGTO · 02-18-2006, 06:40 PM

That is sad. Young people high horsepower = Bad. I had a slow car when I was young. A 79 Monte Carlo with a 267ci V8. SLLLLOOOWWW. If I had a GTO or a Vette, who knows if I had lived this long.

QwkRed05GTO · 02-18-2006, 07:01 PM

Why would anyone let their 19 year old drive a GTO? I've been driving various fast cars for 20 years and there is no way I'd let one of my kids drive my Goat without me in the car. I know what I would have done at 19, I just got lucky and am still on this earth.

GTO_400 · 02-18-2006, 09:25 PM

Really the passenger compartment held up pretty well considering the impact. The front of the car is gone but that is a crumple zone, and it did its job dissipating the force, and I'll bet anything he didn't have his seatbelt on, if he did he would be on here telling us just how it happened!