r/Whatcouldgowrong • • 2d ago

14 years old, stolen car, high speeds…

3.8k Upvotes

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u/Kahzgul 2d ago

This is how my best friend died when I was a kid. He was just 12. Stole a car because he thought it would impress his cousin.

RIP Randy. We had a lot of fun playing transformers.

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u/PennFifteen 2d ago

Rip Randy. How sad

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u/r_rrrrrrrr 12h ago

Pardon me? RIP for stealing a car & causing accident or troubles for many?

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u/Schmity909er 7h ago

RIP for the loss of life and the friendship that was lost People can make mistakes

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u/PennFifteen 5h ago

Uhhh yes. Kids do dumb things. Like your comment here.

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u/thissexypoptart 3h ago

We’re talking about a dead 12 year old…

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u/stonedwitthemunchies 8m ago

You would rather a dead child not rest in peace?

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u/slightlyused 2d ago

More than meets the eye. RIP Randy.

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u/BurntBeyondRecog 9h ago

auto bots....roll out.

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u/Nomadnetic 2d ago

I'm sorry you lost your friend.

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u/Kahzgul 1d ago

Thanks.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/RoyalCharity1256 2d ago

They are trying. Trust the government

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u/Character_Stick_1218 2d ago

I know it's a joke and I HATE the government(the current administration in particular), but I just can't bring myself to upvote this. It's one thing when such egregious atrocities are kept at a distance, but it's hard to look at and treat it in such a lighthearted manner when you've looked it in its ugly face and gotten a better idea of how it affects those who suffer it.

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u/RoyalCharity1256 11h ago

That's fine i guess. But a bad situation that we feel powerless about is hard to handle. Some do it with humor some with anger some disconnect and stop caring. I dont think there really is a right way as long as our values align

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u/Balan-balan 2d ago

Jeffrey? Are you talking to us from the other side?

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u/Cpt_Moon_Moon 2d ago

I'm sure he is to someone.

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u/EL_Chapo_Cuzzin 2d ago

Lets just ignore that Epstein had Bill Clinton's painting in his mansion and they took dozens of trips together.

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u/Doakeswasframed 2d ago

Why? Let's pay attention to all of it, lock up anyone we can prove was part of the child abuse, no one is saying not to investigate Bill Clinton. the way maga loves Trump is wild.

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u/Character_Stick_1218 2d ago

Is Bill Clinton the sitting President? Tell me, why use such whataboutism?

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u/EL_Chapo_Cuzzin 2d ago

Was Bill not on Epstein's plane? You liberals love looking the other way.

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u/Character_Stick_1218 2d ago

I'm not a liberal. You MAGA cultists sure like to mindlessly parrot propaganda. Everyone responsible for that child trafficking evil should be publicly shamed and executed. You just don't want to feel guilty about supporting, worshipping, one of the most evil people alive who is also CURRENTLY a much greater threat in general than Bill Clinton ever was. It's not just people in general that you try to turn your guilt around on, but especially those who hold it up to your face and make you look the ugly mess in the mirror.

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u/Crunchycarrots79 18m ago

I don't know a single liberal that doesn't want Clinton investigated as well. However, there's LOTS of folks that are okay with Trump's involvement being covered up.

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u/SmellyFbuttface 1d ago

Whataboutism on full display

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u/ManWithDominantClaw 2d ago

It's Maitland so it will be followed up by the NSW Police, and yeah given their track record they will probably try to

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/TrashGoblinH 2d ago

The child caused the accident... Down vote me, but some kids aren't gonna grow up to be good people and we already have an over burdened jail system. That kid could have killed a lot of innocent people with legitimate futures ahead of them.

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u/RadRimmer9000 2d ago

That accident was 100% preventable, the kid earned that karma and deserved it too.

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u/smthomaspatel 2d ago

How so?

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u/Saiykon 2d ago

Fucked around and found out.

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u/RadRimmer9000 1d ago

Not steal a car and drive 100 down the road, are you really that ignorant?

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u/smthomaspatel 1d ago

Look up the word facetious.

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 2d ago

Bro fuck off with your weird politicizing nonsense. Gtfo.
https://giphy.com/gifs/26uf5maM6LqeMxgv6

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u/The_End-is_Nigh 2d ago

Politicizing what?? I said it's BS if this comment stays up

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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 2d ago

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u/The_End-is_Nigh 2d ago

Yeah, I didn't actually turn the kid probably dying into something political, I commented on another person's comment being ok with Reddit when others they aren't as bad are removed. But you wouldn't understand that

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u/RogerKilljoy83 2d ago

Driver didn’t get away due to injury but is alive, passenger was ok enough to leg it off the scene before emergency services arrived.

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u/krupta13 2d ago

amazing..back in the day where there wasn't that many advanced safety mechanics in a car that would have been guaranteed death.

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u/czartrak 2h ago

And people think old cars are better because they're "built tougher"

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u/krupta13 2h ago

I mean they are. wich is a bad thing. modern cars have crumple zones so they cant be as tough lol

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u/czartrak 2h ago

The only thing I miss from old cars is serviceability. Not dying or being horribly injured for life is a pretty sick modern feature

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u/krupta13 2h ago

it absolutely is! 2 easters ago a modern car with all the safety features saved my brother and a friend. the wreck of the car made you go cold when you saw the damage. my brother was the passenger and barely got a scratch. the driver wasn't so lucky and is going have lifelong disability and recovery. but my god none should have been alive. modern safety mechanics in cars are severely underrated untill you see what they can do.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/RogerKilljoy83 2d ago

Yes sir.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/RogerKilljoy83 2d ago

Not that I’ve seen yet, expecting it in the local news at 6.

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u/RogerKilljoy83 1d ago

Update: News article live at https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9359885/ashtonfield-teen-charged-after-allegedly-stolen-car-goes-airborne/ but it has a paywall.

Awesomely I can use the 2HD website (an old AM radio station from Newcastle) to get the below, taken from https://2hd.com.au/articles/ashtonfield-teen-crash-charge/

A 14-year-old boy was arrested at the scene and taken to the John Hunter Hospital under police guard.

During a search of the sedan, officers located and seized a mobile phone and balaclava. The vehicle as towed for forensic examination.

The teenager was later charged with aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence and be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.

He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children's court on Monday 19 October 2026.

The search for a second boy who fled the scene is ongoing.

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u/Impressive-Button977 2d ago

Need adult crime adult time in nsw desperately

https://giphy.com/gifs/zw2SqsODWoQCAzp5Ps

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u/paint-the-forest 1d ago

No you need minimum sentencing and no bail. Adult crime adult time hasn’t done shit for the little cunts doing this every night in north qld.

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u/Impressive-Button977 1d ago

Need both. No more slaps on the fucking wrist

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u/bluegrassgazer 2d ago

So the passenger is still at large?

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u/mochatsubo 2d ago

Young kids bounce. Adults break.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/blackweebow 2d ago

Bc the teens are cooked 💀

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u/9897969594938281 2d ago

Forgot his bus pass

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u/EmiliaFromLV 2d ago

Skill issue

Meanwhile 13 y.o. in Latvia in his dad's car

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u/Baddyshack 2d ago

Eh, that's nothing. When I was 13 my dad let me drive his truck down the road. And I didn't have to sit in his lap.

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u/JeanPascalCS 2d ago

Lol when I was 14 my uncle had fixed my dad's truck and it needed to be picked up. He was like "just take the bus from school to your uncle's house and drive it back home for me". This was like a 12 mile drive (albeit on mostly deserted backroads). Times were different back then.

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u/standbyyourmantis 2d ago

When I was 13 my dad didn't want to move the car out of our driveway so my mom could get her car out and told me to do it. I'd never driven before and our driveway was hard to get out of because of a slight bend and deep ditches on either side.

Luckily, I only knocked over the neighbors' mailbox and they'd known me since I was a baby and their daughter had been our regular babysitter so it was okay. Mom was PISSED.

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u/Longjumping_Fun2576 2d ago

Yeah, I volunteer with addicts. And it's pretty crazy that many of them have been driving since they were 10, because their parents were drunk.

Then they would get their first DUI at like 17.

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u/spaceraverdk 2d ago

I learned to drive a tractor at 3, drove grandpas car at 8, then as I got tall enough, I drove him to and from his house and ours, next town over, was picking up my parents from a night out at 14. I did my car licence flawless at 18, took a CDL at 30, motorcycle at 33. Figured why the hell not, I got a good deal on lessons and tests.

Still ride like I've been shot at.

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u/EmiliaFromLV 2d ago

Yeah, but when driving a truck you dont have to steer.

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u/might-be-your-daddy 1d ago

I like how the pursuing officer parked with the vehicle camera facing away from the Audi so we cannot see how he 'dealt with' the driver.

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u/EmiliaFromLV 1d ago

They still have Axon body cameras 😀

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u/pichael289 1d ago

Imagine stealing a car and running from the police and having to weave in and out of traffic with fucking tanks

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u/EmiliaFromLV 1d ago

Technically those were APCs (Danish), but I get Your point :D.

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u/Kaankaants 2d ago

Somehow I've never seen that footage.

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u/frubano21 2d ago

Lmfao Baltics ans Balkans play by a different set of rules. They're just built different.

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u/Sol_Install 2d ago

Damn, anyone remember Burnout the game series? Had crashes just like this.

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u/fusionmobile 2d ago

OMG. When you could control how the crash went, for the most points? That was wild.

That being said, this kid got top score.

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u/skynex65 2d ago

Burnout: Takedown was literally the only car game I enjoyed as a kid, so much fun lol

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u/NotATalkingMushroom 2d ago

We are the lazy generation… 😌 

One of the only original Xbox games I’ve kept because every now and then I just have to play it again.

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u/skynex65 1d ago

It was just fun having a car game that was less about boring-ass races and more about boring-ass races where you get more points for absolutely wrecking the opponents' cars.

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u/Automatic_Thought412 2d ago

Yo! Damn right!

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u/Cryotivity 1d ago

this is what happens when EA stops making burnout gsmes

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u/billted20250409 2d ago

14?

Can't wait for the news and backstory behind this

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u/It_Happens_Today 2d ago

He won't be 15.

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u/CorticalVoile 2d ago

They let him skip to 16 for that sick airtime

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u/ElephantEarwax 1d ago

Shame his parents had a 148 month abortion

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u/GeneralInspector8962 2d ago

"I just wanted to do hoodrat things wit muh friends."

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u/RogerKilljoy83 1d ago

Update: News article live at https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9359885/ashtonfield-teen-charged-after-allegedly-stolen-car-goes-airborne/ but it has a paywall.

Awesomely I can use the 2HD website (an old AM radio station from Newcastle) to get the below, taken from https://2hd.com.au/articles/ashtonfield-teen-crash-charge/

A 14-year-old boy was arrested at the scene and taken to the John Hunter Hospital under police guard.

During a search of the sedan, officers located and seized a mobile phone and balaclava. The vehicle as towed for forensic examination.

The teenager was later charged with aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence and be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.

He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children's court on Monday 19 October 2026.

The search for a second boy who fled the scene is ongoing.

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u/al770 2d ago

yeah apparently they only made it a couple streets down from where they stole it
skill issue 💀

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u/al770 2d ago

my source: i know the guy who got the car stolen

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u/Turbulent-Issue-4418 2d ago

I feel the need... the need for sp—

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u/Pockets408 2d ago

…inal reconstruction?

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u/SpoonerUK 2d ago

…ecial needs care for the rest of their life?

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u/Expensive-Border-869 2d ago

I feel like at 14 I could probably have driven a car safer than that. I just dont see how you get into this position

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u/fsidesmith6932 2d ago

Video game courage. I’m sure if you kept it under 80mph (128kph) in a residential area, you’d already be a leg up on this kid’s performance.

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u/N00dles_Pt 2d ago

Did not nail the dismount

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u/Cranks_No_Start 2d ago

0.2 from the East German Judge. 

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u/Strong_Range_9522 2d ago

I’m sure that apple didn’t fall far from the tree

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u/It_Happens_Today 2d ago

At least 45ft based on the video.

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u/Strong_Range_9522 2d ago

Savage comment. I love it.

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u/BBranz 2d ago

…. Is it the Kia Boys again? Remember that they somehow exist and the government in its absolute wisdom never do anything to them. They literally steal cars, crash them while running from police and then just run away or get freed because they are younger than 14. Think they had TikToks showing how they stole cars….

Either way, sucks.

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u/vixxgod666 2d ago

No, this was in NSW. Info is in the original post. Nothing to do with American kids. Turns out teenagers can be reckless idiots anywhere in the world.

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u/IDontKnowAboutThat_ 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/QUENDfi6DEMLzQ0CKt
That was intense. I am about to start teaching my kid how to drive, and this is just spiking those nerves a bit.

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u/standbyyourmantis 2d ago

I think the whole point of teaching them to drive is so this DOESN'T happen, so you're already a step up there

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u/IDontKnowAboutThat_ 2d ago

Totally agree! 😅

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u/sparrow_42 2d ago

Maybe don't teach them this move, the landing was all wrong

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u/IDontKnowAboutThat_ 2d ago

Haha excellent advice. 😅 That landing is truly the stuff of nightmares.

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u/inertSpark 2d ago

Sees a Ute on the driveway. If a childhood spent watching Neighbours has taught me anything, it's that this is Australia.

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u/Apparition-Ordnance 2d ago

That poor innocent truck parked in the driveway got a drive by "Fuck you"

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u/Alarming_Addition_23 2d ago

how are the duke boys going to get out of this one

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u/Interesting-Boat-804 2d ago

Who pays for the truck ? 😅

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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 2d ago

If it’s insured, the owners probably have to make the claim themselves, and then go after the kid or his family for the related costs (deductible/excess whatever you call it there)

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u/Interesting-Boat-804 2d ago

Thanks bro! I wasn't sure.

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u/WTFisThatSMell 2d ago

Any relation to Evel Knievel?

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u/Slow-Introduction-64 2d ago

hopefully everyone except the people in the car are okay.

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u/Skyp_Intro 1d ago

I don’t know if he’s rehabilitated but I’m sure he won’t be doing that again.

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u/robotoNinjaFish 1d ago

Holy shit, that truck is a hero. It saved its owner's house, possibly even the owner's life at 5am in the morning. Could have been 2nd degree people's slaughter.

How the hell is that kid still alive with that much aerial rotation and collision force? Sure, the truck did its job of absorbing so much of the force, but still!

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u/BeachHut9 2d ago

The 14 year old needs driving lessons after that one!

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u/Work_Account_No1 2d ago

Monster stunt completed

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u/Bingo_and_Butt_Stuff 2d ago

Punch Drunk Love vibes

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u/pigpen68 2d ago

I've never seen someone skim a car before.

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u/rlange53012 2d ago

You can't park there.

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u/HollandJim 2d ago edited 1d ago

Aaaaand we have straight 7s from the judges, likely because of the dismount...

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u/hambletor 2d ago

and that is how you pick up the 7 - 10 split.

I'll see myself out...

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u/Cicer 2d ago

One might even say excessive speeds. 

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u/Beard_Hero 2d ago

But did he yell "PARKOUR!" ?

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u/BIGBADVEN 2d ago

Bill Nye the Science Guy! Science rules! Bill Nye the Science Guy! (Inertia is a property of matter.) Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill,

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u/slappyStove 2d ago

reddit has become quite the motivstor for birth control

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u/WorkingInAColdMind 2d ago

The direct hit on the truck immediately made me think of Men in Black.

https://giphy.com/gifs/DYB6Z6cTCWVe8

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u/Grumpy_Old_Mans 2d ago

The sound of the horn beeping every time the car flips is wild. Kids face just bouncing off the steering wheel multiple times.

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u/scottonaharley 2d ago

I expected a police car not far behind this disaster. The fact that they were going this fast without being chased is actually scary.

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u/Pressman4life 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BWySufD6KWQzC

Good takeoff, nice vault and they stuck the landing.

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u/slightlyused 2d ago

I've been driving a long time, I've done some dumb things behind the wheel, I cannot conceive of how to make a car do what this car is doing when it enters the frame.

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u/EL_Chapo_Cuzzin 2d ago

Damn, that's crazy. I hope the kid is not okay.

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u/flappy292 2d ago

gota learn about consequences at some point

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u/theatrenearyou 2d ago

Weird how those who steal cars can't drive

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u/RobbyLee 2d ago

The amount of chance in that video is astonishing.

The car hit the start of the lawn exactly with its nose, flinged that white thing away, directly into the path of that little garden decor completely annihilating it, then the car turned around exactly enough and flew exactly the right distance to crash butt first into the front of the parking car.

Also it beeps every time it crashes against something

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u/loops3804 2d ago

Sigh…why is it always Florida?

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u/Sue_Spiria 1d ago

It isn't, this was in Australia.

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u/Thejar1986 1d ago

That poor tree

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u/RogerKilljoy83 1d ago

Update: News article live at https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9359885/ashtonfield-teen-charged-after-allegedly-stolen-car-goes-airborne/ but it has a paywall.

Awesomely I can use the 2HD website (an old AM radio station from Newcastle) to get the below, taken from https://2hd.com.au/articles/ashtonfield-teen-crash-charge/

A 14-year-old boy was arrested at the scene and taken to the John Hunter Hospital under police guard.

During a search of the sedan, officers located and seized a mobile phone and balaclava. The vehicle as towed for forensic examination.

The teenager was later charged with aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence and be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.

He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children's court on Monday 19 October 2026.

The search for a second boy who fled the scene is ongoing.

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u/Stup404 1d ago

I had my earphones on, the sound destroyed my ears. Why is it so loud ?

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u/RogerKilljoy83 1d ago

I’m assuming the cam is mounted above a roller door into the garage, so the concrete letterbox, vehicular impact on the ground/letterbox/vehicle/ground would have thrown debris all over that door.

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u/HubrisFalls 1d ago

Sitting in truck added to my list of paranoia

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u/Different_Leopard_65 1d ago

CGI artists, take notes

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u/robrob883 1d ago

One hell of a letterbox

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u/LargeDonutholePotato 1d ago

I’m sorry but does anyone else hear the horn at the start? I thought I was more mature than this, but it has me dying

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u/sedar1907 1d ago

What do you mean accidental that pogo on the truck was very precise

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u/HakuohoFan 22h ago

Probably really fucked up some dude's livelyhood if that was a work truck.

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u/DiligentCase8436 21h ago

The kid became a pilot

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u/Galileo009 19h ago

I love the sound on this. Tire squeal...bap, bap, bap, SMASH. Hit some stuff on the wind-up like they were powerups

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u/Foe_sheezy 15h ago

I remember when I was in a stolen car, I was scared to death of getting caught and we all drove slowly and stuck to back roads.

The new generation is crazy!!

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u/alpohh 15h ago

Stealing a car at 14… they have a bright future

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 8h ago

Are the parents liable for the damage? Does the stolen car owners insurance pay? Or is the poor home owner just stuck paying for a new work truck with his car and/or home insurance?

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u/Dazzling-Ad6712 1h ago

I hope he died e.e too stupid for this world

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u/Pagan_Zod 11m ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kNTAHtqCfu6nm
Tom Cruise! Save me with your magic!

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u/flamedarkfire 2d ago

Bye bye Timmy

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u/BiggusD1 2d ago edited 1d ago

takes a special kind of stupid to do a cartwheel with a car

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u/ForzaAllez 2d ago

I hope they charge that 14yr. as an adult. Lock him up at Juvenile Detention until he turns 18 to be transferred next to adult prison.

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u/AnActualPlatypus 2d ago

I don't care if it's technically a minor, someone like this should be put away for the rest of their life.

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u/Suitable-Property517 2d ago

paralysed for life? good... who cares for moron kid thief as long as he doesn't take any innocent bystanders with him. be safe abiding citizens who know right from wrong.

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u/offically_astee 2d ago

Easy to steal a car when it's automatic transmission. Let's see these 14 yo kids in a manual.

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u/bigriggs24 2d ago

Consequences of the social media ban

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u/DepletedPromethium 2d ago

Hopefully the joyrider didnt survive.

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u/Corben11 2d ago

Children dying

Reddit: lets make stupid jokes and laugh

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u/Fuk-mah-life 2d ago

It says there survived in the post

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u/chubbycanine 2d ago

As always reading comprehension is hard isn't it?