Any news on the occupants of the flipped PW? I understand they were taken to the hospital.

 

Yeah, I just asked about it a couple of threads down... Mod can merge threads...
jason

 

Ha! 6 minutes apart... the time I took to look for a thread, start mine and then help my wife, then hit the post link... LOL

 

Oh no I'm sending thoughts and prayers their way. I hope those in the car are alright.

 

Our thoughts and prayers go out. Does anyone know where or what Hospital they would have gone to?

 

Where and when did they flip?

 

After leaving this morning, It looked like it was 6 or 7 turns into the Dragon heading north from Deals Gap

 

On my way back from the Autocross, we drove past the scene- I'm guessing it was 3:30-4:00 range give or take....the car was still up on it's side against whatever stopped it from going all the way over (tree I've heard??). I did see two people sitting on the hillside behind the car, I was assuming they were the occupants awaiting medical attention- help was at the scene, park rangers maybe? I hope everyone is OK- a car can be replaced.

Jason

 

I know one of our DCMMers has a picture of it. They were just in the right place.
I am sending my thoughts and wishes of good CARma for the owners.

 

This is terrible news. Our thoughts and wishes go out to the owners.

 

We also will keep them in our thoughts.

 

Please tell me this wasn't the couple with the toddler in the Pepper White. They had the only Pepper White cabrio I saw. We talked to them during the midnight run and the little guy was sound asleep in his car seat. They were from Atlanta. I hope everyone is OK.

 

I'm pretty sure it was not......The accident happened earlier on Saturday, prior to the midnight run- The bottom of the car was facing me when I drove by, but it looked to be a tin-top MINI, not a cabrio.

Jason

 

If they were at the midnight run then it couldn't have been them becuase this happened well before the midnight run.

edit: ^what he said

 

Nope, they were at the AtlantaMINIs farewell breakfast, with a very happy (and wiggly) baby in the back seat.

I hope everyone involved is ok!

 

I heard about this from an employee at Deals Gap. I hope everyone is OK.

 

If they went to the hospital, it wlould have been Swain County, in Bryson City.

 

Shankrabbit and I passed this PW on the way up - the occupants, who were sitting on the side of the road, looked to be two older men (I think they both had gray hair, but I could be wrong) and a younger female with red, curly hair.

Not sure who they were, but our thoughts and prayers are with them.

 

I must have just missed them...I did my first official run Saturday around that time (3 ish). The rain had slacked off and it didn't seem that slippery when I ran. I wonder what happened.

 

 

i ran across them coming south on the dragon... i think they must have just gone off the side- its not really by a big turn... nor is the accident in an area where Gforces would have played a part.... dont know... we will have to wait for the PW's parents to inform us...

 

WOW - what a picture. I bet they just ran off the side and tried to over correct, flipping it into the ditch. I hope all is well with them now!

 

A full outline of the story by Killboy here (including an ID of the person and status of how their doing):
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=100528

 

Hope they are okay.....Seems like it was a bad day for them, and I know that's an understatement...