So sad
 

Hearing via a Washington Post report that the wife of an ESPN broadcaster was killed in an accident in CT when her 2003 SC430 collided with a Ford Escape and overturned. So sad, RIP. I just drove through that area of CT last week

I just read it. Was ESPN Chris Bermans wife. Really a tragedy

She (sc430) rear-ended Ford Escape..... both died....because he suffered a medical emergency?

I believe the 87 year old was not wearing a seat belt according to the news.

The real question is whether she would have survived had she been in another Ford Escape X SUV. The police report shows she was wearing seat belt and airbag was deployed.

This really hits hard. So weird that being an owner of an SC, you are kind of connected and you can feel the event.

May she Rest In Peace.

I would imagine the weak link in our cars would be the aluminum roof. It would seem in a roll over there is no protection because the only what I would call roll bars are hidden behind the rear seat headrests but those are to low to save your head from any impact. There just is no room to build in a higher roll bar unless maybe you remove rear bottom seat and build from there. The accident report does not mention the speed or road conditions all probably led to the accident and fatality

I wonder at what speed she was driving that the impact (rear end) caused both the vehicles to overturn - fatally.....she had seat belt on but could not be saved

the photos and witnesses show and say she went down an embankment and the car was overturned and in the water...the witness said they tried to turn the car over but it was a big heavy Lexus and would not budge...

This is very sad. But we should understand tomorrow is not promised, be the best person you can be today. IMO

I am very sad worried and concerned what triggered this deadly incident. She had seat belts on, witness tried to turn the car but did they try to pull her out? she died on impact? could the seat belt come off or was she stuck? Car had any mechanical problems? Will not know the facts until the investigation is complete....

No Offense, RIP chris bermans wife. But most middle age people are not physically fit. I am just 31 y/o but i know that in an accident most people let go of the wheel and can be knocked out cold when anything hits the head. Most likely she didn't die on impact, but had a head injury, and was out cold, and then because car was overturned made it impossible for another person to unbuckle them and they drowned. Or maybe it was the airbag?

Being under water can be very disorienting by itself. If you have ever rolled a vehicle, it too is very disorienting. I can't imagine having both happen at the same time. I just want to leave theory, and conjecture out of it. It's sad to lose a loved one. I'd rather focus on that, and to give driving your 100% focus.

Best thing to do is drive a convertible (even one with a pretend hardtop), as if it were a motorcycle - head on a swivel and defensively but even then extreme accidents can and do happen. "Sporty" convertibles are inherently more risky than larger hardtop vehicles in an actual crash but virtually every activity in life has more or less risk so you have to choose.

my suspicion is the air bag + unbuckled seatbelt strangled (drowned) her to death under water. I heard recently a driver died in an accident because could not unbuckle the seatbelt and escape the fire blowup.. My general understanding is the seatbelt and airbags can minimize the impact injury but can also become 'anchor of death' in some cases. I wish the airbag blow up can automatically trigger the seatbelt unbuckle? Can we really control the time of death?

I've seen seat belt cutting tools with combo glass break (if the car is submerged you will not be able to open the door until the pressure is equalized.) which you keep in your glove compartment From what I have read, the seat belt cutting tools are virtually useless. Seat belts are too tough.

From the video and pictures of this accident, the "water" is more like a drainage culvert along side the road. My guess is that the water had nothing to do with the death. As someone said earlier, it is odd that a rear-ender would cause so much mayhem. The difference in speed must have been extreme. It's a straight road -- maybe she had a medical event first?

I know someone that drowned along with 3 others in their upside down car because they could not get out.

Airbags don't lock you in except at the moment of impact. The bags are not even remotely airtight and deflate almost as fast as they inflate. Seat belts however will lock you into the car so folks have at least 2 good quality high visibility emergency seat belt cutters/glass breakers in the car (so you have a chance of finding, reaching, and using one in case of accident that locks you in).