Photos Of George’s Crashed Car
August 16, 2009
Photos of George Michael’s crashed Range Rover have now emerged. The photo above shows the near-side of the car i.e. the passenger side. The photo below shows the near side i.e. driver’s side.
Looking at the photos, two things are clear: first, that the reports in the press, including quotes by the driver of the lorry involved in the accident are inaccurate; second, the reason why George escaped without serious injury is that the passenger compartment was essentially undamaged in the accident.
From the photos, it’s obvious that this wasn’t a “rear end shunt”, as described in the press. Nor was the left side of the car destroyed, as reported by the press. Rather, the car and the truck were in collision from the side, causing damage to the front near side of the Range Rover. It appears the passenger compartment of the car was largely undamaged in the accident, with the driver’s side of the car being almost totally unaffected. It could have been caused by the truck moving on the road to hit the Range Rover, or the Range Rover moving on the road to hit the truck.
August 17, 2009 at 8:19 am
Makes you wonder what the Jag would have looked like after the same treatment.
August 17, 2009 at 8:38 am
Jag? You mean Ferrari? Difficult to say. For a comparison, here’s the Ferrari crashed recently by the footballer Ronaldo (different, but similar model to George’s)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2112919.ece
Ronaldo walked away from this crash, just like George walked away from his.
August 17, 2009 at 8:41 am
It’s not like this is the first time, is it? He crashed Kenny’s little sports car a few years ago, and it probably looked something like that. Whatever happened this time, his record shows that he’s in fact not really that much in control on the road.
August 17, 2009 at 10:31 am
This pictures are killing me
August 17, 2009 at 12:49 pm
He may well have been sober in every which way, but I’d say he fell asleep and had a lucky escape.
August 17, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Just looked at the pics of Ronaldo’s car…looks a mess doesn’t it? I know car crashes often look ‘worse’ than they actually are, i.e the car looks a wreck, but the people in them manage to walk away uninjured. Those ‘crumple zone’ thingies must do their jobs quite well. I’m still glad George was driving the RR though…and that he must have been wearing a seat belt…and that there were no passengers with him.
Just glad he’s still with us…it could have been so much worse!
August 18, 2009 at 2:31 pm
With a crash like that, there would be certainly be minor injuries e.g cuts, scratches, bruises etc.
Probably the worst injury George could have sustained in this accident is whiplash, which might well be a particular concern for him given his medical history.