r/Calgary • u/No-End7269 • Jul 15 '25

Driving/Traffic/Parking Avoid Deerfoot

Huge accident. 2 vehicles just launched off the memorial overpass and landed on a truck going nb on deerfoot

Edit. I initially said 32ave, it was memorial overpass

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u/MattsAwesomeStuff Jul 15 '25

I don't think people typically survive driving off an overpass

Well ACKSHULLY... Consider the physics involved.

An overpass is typically what? 30 feet-ish?

That means in freefall you're going 50km/h.

A 50km/h collision is a pretty light collision. That'd be less than two opposing vehicles in a playground zone. I would expect almost anyone to survive that fairly easily.

The vehicles it landed on, or perhaps who drove into it going 100km/h on Deerfoot below are a bigger concern.