That's probably the main thing that saved him.

Is there a video of the accident somewhere?

Reading that and the quotes from the girlfriend, it would not surprise me if it is more than alcohol. Seems like it would take more than alcohol for her to go along with Ruggs blasting his music and driving like he is in a video game and not in real life.

Crazy that the loud music was still playing from his car after the wreck.

Old man get off my lawn in me says that video games probably had something to do with wiring this guy's brain to where he would do this with no regard for risk.

Girlfriend-mother of their child is a curious figure in this story. She should bear some of the moral responsibility in this.

Can you imagine the carnage with, say, a C5? Back when they were still mostly fiberglass before Chevy started incorporating more and more carbon fiber and advanced composites?

Through the late 90s, Corvettes would damn near explode on impact. GM deserves a ton of credit for building a car with nearly supercar performance on an insanely reasonable budget, but those things were by no means robust.

They've obviously gotten much better and as you noted, mid-engine is a huge advantage in these scenarios.

I would guess Las Vegas might be the US city most like London, with cameras everywhere recording almost everything.

I think they should be circumspect in releasing any video if there is any.

So the gas tank would go in the front of the car?

No - it's a split-tank design that's behind the driver.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2...e-photos-info/

It's really an incredible car - I'm just impressed as hell by what GM was able to do with it and still maintain a fairly attainable price point on it.

The victim is obv innocent. But I need to ask: who drives at 330 am with their dog?

Agreed. Looking at the pictures, it is amazing that the passenger compartment of the Corvette was basically still intact, but those cockpits have been designed that way since about 1984 due to the increase in racing use.

I live near a pet clinic that is open 24/7, people run their pets from long distances at night as its the few options available if their pet is sick or injured.

I always see cars go in and out at all hours of the night.

People shouldn't go outside after dark. Or own pets. Dumb bitch was just begging to get burned to death after getting slammed into by someone driving a 150 mph by living so recklessly.

Man, every new bit of info just makes this worse and worse. Ruggs wasn't even wearing a seatbelt and he was uncooperative with responding officers at the scene as well as investigators at the hospital hours later.

Plus he refused a sobriety test at the scene, so they had to take a blood draw later at the hospital. Anyone in the know on how long that process typically takes? Seems his blood alcohol level could have been even higher than .16 if he had an hour or two to burn some of it off until they drew the blood.

This quote is funny (as funny as anything pertaining to this situation could be). Yeah, buddy, you're driving 156 mph in a 25 mph zone at 4 am on a residential road over twice the legal limit with an illegal firearm in the vehicle- and the other driver was the problem.

He probably saw that she had a dog in her car after midnight and was so shocked he lost control of his vehicle.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/04/henry...g-raiders-nfl/

Jesus Christ...

****...5 seconds was enough for me. Ugh.