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This will be one expensive car wreck. It’s captured in the video above, with more video below of the rescue of the driver and a look at the damage.
It happened Thursday afternoon in Arkansas at the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office. According to news reports, 71-year-old Otis Avie was treated and released at the Baxter Regional Medical Center after his Lincoln Continental sped out-of-control and launched of an eight-foot wall. It then hit two choppers belonging to the sheriff”s department. Early word is the choppers may be DOA … totaled.
As the car flies through the air, the video shows it twisting violently toward the passenger side before slamming back down to earth, ripping through a security fence, pinballing off one helicopter and smashing head-on into a second helicopter.
The impact with the second helicopter was so great it caused the tail of the chopper to smash downward and gouge a hole in the ground. The car came to rest on its roof. Just seconds later, the video shows prisoners and BCSO employees alike rushing to the scene.
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A third helicopter in the yard, though nearby, apparently escaped all but minor damage. (Sheriff John) Montgomery said while his office paid the state approximately $1,300 for the two helicopters, their value is much greater, well in excess of $50,000.
