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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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James Bonds New Submarine Aston

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...1/wbond121.xml

The driver of James Bond’s Aston Martin DBS which plunged into an Italian lake during filming yesterday described how he cheated death just like the hero spy.

Fraser Dunn, 29, was at the wheel of the £134,000 car when it skidded off the road and plunged into the icy waters at high speed.

He was left shaken but not stirred despite being knocked unconscious by the impact and when he came to the car was at the bottom of the lake - at a depth of more than 150ft.

Mr Dunn, who is an Aston Martin engineer and not a stuntman, suffered only minor injuries and was able to kick his way out of the car and swim to the surface - just like Her Majesty’s favourite secret agent.





 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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I wonder if his tux was wrinkled- Bond's would be perfect!

That guy sounds exptreemly lucky, 150 feet is very deep for someone not in diving gear and/or used to the pressure at that depth-his ears must have been pounding which was probably matched by the pounding of his head and lungs.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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Happy the driver is OK...

But over the car.... poor baby.... deserves a long life in my garage, not an end like that...
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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engineer cant even design his own car correctly?



glad to hear he's doing ok.
 
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