Posted on Mar 31, 2016
Car Chase Ends with Crash into Jet at California Naval Base
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LEMOORE, Calif. — U.S. military officials say a wrong-way driver being chased by the California Highway Patrol crashed through a gate and into a fighter jet at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, killing the driver and a passenger.
The Navy says in a press release that the chase began late Wednesday when an officer spotted the vehicle going the wrong way on State Route 198 south of Fresno.
The driver eventually left the freeway, smashed through a gate at the base and into a parked FA-18E Super Hornet.
The passenger died at the scene. The driver died at a hospital.
Officials say the car hit the jet's horizontal stabilizer but have not detailed the damage.
Naval Air Station, Lemoore, built in 1961, has two runways and hosts four Carrier Air Wings.
The Navy says in a press release that the chase began late Wednesday when an officer spotted the vehicle going the wrong way on State Route 198 south of Fresno.
The driver eventually left the freeway, smashed through a gate at the base and into a parked FA-18E Super Hornet.
The passenger died at the scene. The driver died at a hospital.
Officials say the car hit the jet's horizontal stabilizer but have not detailed the damage.
Naval Air Station, Lemoore, built in 1961, has two runways and hosts four Carrier Air Wings.
Car Chase Ends with Crash into Jet at California Naval Base
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Thats scary SP5 Mark Kuzinski! Too bad he didn't blow himself up in the process, one less dirtbag out running the ops! Oops, I just read, he did die at the scene. Sorry for his family but stupid is as stupid does.
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SFC William Farrell
SP5 Mark Kuzinski - And upon further research, a woman died with him. They are still investigating so hopefully it wasn't a deliberate act of some nut job that seems ot be common place nowadays.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
From the description I would like to see the Accident Photos, Kind of hard to Visualize. Sounds like almost a Decapitation Situation.
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SFC William Farrell
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - Sounds like you've been to too many accidents Chip! As have I with the FD. News said they hit horizontal stabilizer, I thought that might have been higher but I know nothing of Navy jets.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC William Farrell - Unfortunately you're right I've seen way too many bad things and as long as it isn't my blood it doesn't bother me that much anymore.
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sounds like the end of the movie Vanishing Point. The car did not happen to be a 1971/2015 White Dodge Challenger? Here is a 2015/2015 black Dodge Challenger Hellcat I saw at a Dealership in Canada. It was special ordered and already sold.
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