My son was the passenger in a Accura Integra and not the driver. He lost his right to drive earlier this year and his current car (Talon) is in the shop safely on jack stands. The driver was a an 18 year old high school friend who apparently got to close to the side of the road while passing another car. Inexperience plays a huge part in 99% of these types of accidents. The driver of the car had only minor cuts and bruises where as my son who is 6'-4" was beat up pretty bad from the wreck...size does matter.
I don't know for sure what was going through their minds when they left the gathering at TNT...you know as well as everybody else that people tend to get pumped up when leaving shows, gatherings and drag race events ( I know I do) and most have the feeling that they are driving a high performance vechicle...maybe they did something stupid, maybe they didn't...I just don't know. All I know is I almost lost my only son to a senseless car wreck and I thank god and all his friends for helping him get through it.