http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061127/LOCAL/61127034

Holy gawd, that H2 crumpled up. And not in the good, Mercedes way

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

probably on the cellphone with a grande double mocca latte in the other hand...

There's an odd feature to that story. It states that the school bus collided with the SUV. That bus must have a very high ratio reverse gear if it could do that much damage going backwards.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Or a large mass.

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06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
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04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

One person was injured this morning when a sport utility vehicle crashed into a school bus on the Near Southside.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

"No children were on the Indianapolis Public Schools bus when it collided with the SUV at Terrace Avenue and Madison Avenue, north of Manual High School, at 10:19 a.m., according to Marion County police dispatch."

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Ever see the frame on a school bus like that? Makes a semi look frail. Plus, due to good old fashioned bumper height mismatch, the most solid portions of the H2 slid under the frame of the bus. Moral to the story: Better to smack a Kia Rio than a 10-ton bus.

Damn school bus driving soccermoms on their cell phones. School busses should be outlawed and replaced with stretched Yugo's

i can already fit most of my 300D under the rear of the bus

if i had a ghia this would be my goal ^_^

The entire front passenger compartment is gone, how did anyone survive that? I wonder what the impact speed was?

The H2 hit nearly square on so I doubt the bus was at fault. I am glad no children were injured.

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1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Oh, God! This is just going to kill the market for Hummers now.

"You mean I'm not invincable when I'm driving my Hummer H2?!"

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Those school buses always looked some what flimsy to me, I guess I was wrong.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I guess looks are deceiving . . . I always thought Hummers looked pretty damned sturdy. That was a shocking photo.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Wow - that schoolbus is built sturdier than a brick outhouse.

As for the Hummer.... I really didn't need another reason not to get one, but looks like I got one anyway.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Notice the minimal visible damage to the bus body. I wonder if some of the missing passenger compartment was courtesy of the emergency responders.