4 people killed in a Miata accident last night.

[mk2tmr2]

Just saw a story of a really bad accident last night where a Miata lost control and slammed into a taxi carrying a family on their way home from dinner. The Miata was a black NA that appeared to have NB surfboard seats swapped in.

I hope it wasn't anyone we know...

[mtrx804]

thats sad.

[Jiggerachi]

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Polic...255867621.html

Sad. Photos of the car are in there. Looked like it was a cleaner than usual miata. Hope it isn't anyone on here.

Happened in Houston, but looks like all 6 people involved were from DFW area. Miata took a curve too fast and drifted into oncoming traffic. From the damage that miata must have been going extremely fast.

Edit: watching the video, apparently the 2 survivors (front seat of taxi) were the only ones wearing seatbelts.

[OZMDD]

Not sure if it is just the image resolution, but it appears that the back tires have no tread. Maybe old, maybe slicks, might have nothing to do with anything; just an observation. Terrible regardless.

[modernbeat]

That happened on Nasa Rd 1 in Clear Lake. That undivided stretch of road between Space Center Blvd and TX146 has a long history of bad accidents. And it's heavily patrolled by Houston, Pasadena, Seabrook, and Taylor Lake Village police. Growing up there I personally witnessed at least one accident per year.

[black roadster]

That Miata look very narrow. That's a bad hit!

[brandonmpace]

That's an insane amount of compression. I wonder if a roll bar would have even helped it not compress as much from side to side.

[hornetball]

Definitely would have helped, but a hit that severe without a HANS device would probably be fatal no matter what.