And probably the worst damage to the tree will be it lost some bark. I have seen similar episodes during my time in fire-rescue. Utility poles and trees rarely come-out on the losing end of vehicle vs. immobile object. :confused2:
They filmed one of the F&F movies partially in Hollywood FL in a building that friends of mine had a long-time lease on for a restaurant. The production co made them very-well compensated for the use of the place, and it still bears the paint-job they gave it for the garage for the movie protagonist gearheads. Another of my friends is a union stagehand for lighting, riggine, & etc. He just finished working on Burn Notice. He works between CA & FL to get work. He had worked on one of the F&F movies too.
When I was a kid in high school, by Rochester NY the '68 Corvettes had just come-out, and a guy who had one took a bet like the 'tavern to tavern' UK guys, or whatever... . He was supposed to go somewhere & back on rural roads, and he invited a waitress to go w/him. They made it to a sweeping right-hander where the car left the road and mowed-down a bunch of saplings at about 5' height before meeting a similar more-substantial tree. He was killed on impact and the waitress lost her leg but lived. We went to where the remains of the new 'Vette was stored, at a gas station, and about the only recognizable body part was most of a door. The chassis/drivetrain was just a mangled mess, and all the tree that stopped the car had was missing bark.
It is an ironic end to his career, now he joins James Dean in a rare club. Dean lost his life to a Turnipseed, Walker to a beech (or whatever it was).
