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02-09-2006, 09:32 AM
Thursday, February 9, 2006 Woman passenger hurt as sports car crashes
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WORCESTER – A 26-year-old woman was injured and had to be extricated from a wrecked sports car last night after it went out of control on Belmont Street and crashed into a utility pole, officials said.
Elizabeth Chambers, 26, of 197 Eighth St., Charlestown, was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus and treated for face cuts and multiple scrapes and bruises, according to Sgt. Matthew C. Early of the Operations Division. A nursing supervisor said she was admitted and was in stable condition.
Sgt. Early said the car was driven by her husband, George Chambers, 39, of the same address. He was shaken up but did not require medical treatment, police said.
Sgt. Early said the sports car, a Ford GT with a Herb Chambers dealership plate, was traveling east on Belmont Street when the crash occurred about 5:45 p.m.
It was apparently traveling about 60 miles per hour in a 30-to-35-mile-an-hour zone, he said, when itwent out of control, went over the curb and sidewalk, struck and broke a curb at the Hess gas station and then went airborne before slamming into a pole. The impact of the crash tore the pole with its large concrete anchor from the ground. The car then dragged the debris to Frank Street and stopped. Firefighters cut Mrs. Chambers from the wrecked vehicle.
“Speeding was definitely a factor,” Sgt. Early said.
A salesperson at a Herb Chambers dealership said the Ford GT currently lists for $166,000 but demand and scarcity have pushed the selling price to double or more than the list price. The car is modeled after the famous Ford GT-40 that won the 24 Hours of LeMans, a sports car endurance race, four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969, according to racing fans.
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WORCESTER – A 26-year-old woman was injured and had to be extricated from a wrecked sports car last night after it went out of control on Belmont Street and crashed into a utility pole, officials said.
Elizabeth Chambers, 26, of 197 Eighth St., Charlestown, was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus and treated for face cuts and multiple scrapes and bruises, according to Sgt. Matthew C. Early of the Operations Division. A nursing supervisor said she was admitted and was in stable condition.
Sgt. Early said the car was driven by her husband, George Chambers, 39, of the same address. He was shaken up but did not require medical treatment, police said.
Sgt. Early said the sports car, a Ford GT with a Herb Chambers dealership plate, was traveling east on Belmont Street when the crash occurred about 5:45 p.m.
It was apparently traveling about 60 miles per hour in a 30-to-35-mile-an-hour zone, he said, when itwent out of control, went over the curb and sidewalk, struck and broke a curb at the Hess gas station and then went airborne before slamming into a pole. The impact of the crash tore the pole with its large concrete anchor from the ground. The car then dragged the debris to Frank Street and stopped. Firefighters cut Mrs. Chambers from the wrecked vehicle.
“Speeding was definitely a factor,” Sgt. Early said.
A salesperson at a Herb Chambers dealership said the Ford GT currently lists for $166,000 but demand and scarcity have pushed the selling price to double or more than the list price. The car is modeled after the famous Ford GT-40 that won the 24 Hours of LeMans, a sports car endurance race, four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969, according to racing fans.