Luger Killed in Olympics Practice

[NIKV69]

He might have lived if there were some kind of barrier to prevent hitting the steel beams.

You know this how?

At that speed coming into contact with an object soft or hard and decelerating your going to die

[hiss srq]

My guess after re watching the video (Not that I have the proper education....yet) is that his neck either snapped the instant he hit that beam or he probably went into cardiac arrest from the impact of his chest.

[T-Bird76]

Would he have lived if he was going 5 or 10 mphs slower?

He might have lived if there were some kind of barrier to prevent hitting the steel beams.

The design of this track really was stupid.... Why you put steel I-beams right next to a track where someone can fly off and collide at 100mph is beyond me. This is very sad and not a good way to kick off the games.

[Matt Molnar]

He might have lived if there were some kind of barrier to prevent hitting the steel beams.

You know this how?

At that speed coming into contact with an object soft or hard and decelerating your going to die

He might have been able to bounce and skid along rather than coming to a sudden stop. Lugers do wreck at high speed, but they don't always die.

[emshighway]

He might have lived if there were some kind of barrier to prevent hitting the steel beams.

You know this how?

At that speed coming into contact with an object soft or hard and decelerating your going to die

He might have been able to bounce and skid along rather than coming to a sudden stop. Lugers do wreck at high speed, but they don't always die.

I've seen people die from 35 mph collisions and survive 100 mph ones. There are so many variables. From my view of the video he struck the I beam back-wards. His cerebellum was immediately traumatized probably putting him into cardiac arrest.