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This was on the 2002 message board
(From Ocala.com)
"Details about the tragic car crash at Greystone Airport that claimed the lives of five young men early Saturday are still emerging, and it may be some time - if ever - before investigators piece together all the pertinent facts.
One thing is certain. The families and friends of Jacob James Casey, 19; James Devon Hime, 19; Joshua D. Ammirato, 18; Dustin J. Dawe, 19; and Isaac Rubin, 20 are devastated.
All five were pronounced dead at the scene after an apparent high-speed crash that investigators say likely involved alcohol.
Ammarito was driving his father's 2008 BMW M5 sedan. The $80,000 car, registered to Santo Ammarito, was traveling north on the 1.5- mile-long airstrip that actor John Travolta and others regularly use to fly in and out of Ocala.
Florida Highway Patrol Captain Jeff Succi said there were yaw, or sideways, skid marks at the end of the runway, indicating the car turned sideways before launching over an embankment. It then sailed through the air about 200 feet before slamming into a large tree and bursting into flames.
Troopers believe the car traveled over the 80- to 85-foot high embankment at the end of the airstrip and stuck the tree about 15 feet above the ground. The car broke into two pieces upon impact."
Also from Ocala.com:
"Ammarito, 18, logged onto M5board.com Thursday and Friday, asking other M5 drivers how to shift smoother in the 500-hp machine.
"The problem is when I'm going pedal to the metal, pushing 140 and upshifting, there tends to be a thud noise with the gear change." he wrote in one post.
Other members of the board expressed skepticism that Ammirato could have a car with a base price of $82,900 at such a young age, but warned him to take it easy until he gained more driving experience.
Ammarito told forum members he'd had the car for about three weeks. Records show his father, Santo Ammirato, bought the car in November.
In his posts, Joshua Ammirato listed his other cars as a 2008 BMW 535i, a 2007 BMW 335i and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade."
I just wonder if parents had thier teenage kid attend some advanced drivers training prior to giving them the keys to a new M5 with 500 HP? Tragic is an understatement.
G-Man
This was on the 2002 message board
(From Ocala.com)
"Details about the tragic car crash at Greystone Airport that claimed the lives of five young men early Saturday are still emerging, and it may be some time - if ever - before investigators piece together all the pertinent facts.
One thing is certain. The families and friends of Jacob James Casey, 19; James Devon Hime, 19; Joshua D. Ammirato, 18; Dustin J. Dawe, 19; and Isaac Rubin, 20 are devastated.
All five were pronounced dead at the scene after an apparent high-speed crash that investigators say likely involved alcohol.
Ammarito was driving his father's 2008 BMW M5 sedan. The $80,000 car, registered to Santo Ammarito, was traveling north on the 1.5- mile-long airstrip that actor John Travolta and others regularly use to fly in and out of Ocala.
Florida Highway Patrol Captain Jeff Succi said there were yaw, or sideways, skid marks at the end of the runway, indicating the car turned sideways before launching over an embankment. It then sailed through the air about 200 feet before slamming into a large tree and bursting into flames.
Troopers believe the car traveled over the 80- to 85-foot high embankment at the end of the airstrip and stuck the tree about 15 feet above the ground. The car broke into two pieces upon impact."
Also from Ocala.com:
"Ammarito, 18, logged onto M5board.com Thursday and Friday, asking other M5 drivers how to shift smoother in the 500-hp machine.
"The problem is when I'm going pedal to the metal, pushing 140 and upshifting, there tends to be a thud noise with the gear change." he wrote in one post.
Other members of the board expressed skepticism that Ammirato could have a car with a base price of $82,900 at such a young age, but warned him to take it easy until he gained more driving experience.
Ammarito told forum members he'd had the car for about three weeks. Records show his father, Santo Ammirato, bought the car in November.
In his posts, Joshua Ammirato listed his other cars as a 2008 BMW 535i, a 2007 BMW 335i and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade."
I just wonder if parents had thier teenage kid attend some advanced drivers training prior to giving them the keys to a new M5 with 500 HP? Tragic is an understatement.
G-Man
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