- A speeding Porsche Cayenne Coupe crashed into a tree in Georgia.
- The SUV split in half, yet the driver escaped with only minor injuries.
- Photos show that only the driver’s seat area remained largely intact.
Imagine getting into a crash so bad that when you look back from the driver’s seat, the back half of your car is gone. That’s exactly what one Porsche driver just experienced in Georgia. Authorities say speed played a role in splitting a Cayenne SUV cleanly in half, leaving the driver dazed but otherwise able to somehow walk away.
According to Dunwoody police, officers responded to a single vehicle crash late Tuesday night on Meadow Lane near Ridgeview Road. Those streets don’t intersect, so it’s tough to say where the crash happened exactly, but the damage is far less murky. The Cayenne in question appears to be a Coupe in Carmine Red and possibly an S trim. In truth, it’s two halves of a Cayenne Coupe most likely.
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The front half of the SUV came to rest several feet from the rear section, with only wiring and a few pieces of structure still connecting the two. The passenger seat was ripped from its mounting points and ended up in the roadway. Meanwhile, the rear section of the vehicle, complete with its cargo area and back seats, sat separated behind the driver’s compartment.
Dunwoody Police said the driver’s seat was “the only section of the cabin left intact,” and despite the sheer violence of the impact, the driver suffered only minor injuries. The car appears to feature carbon-ceramic brakes and a sport exhaust, suggesting this was one of the pricier variants in the lineup, potentially worth well over $130,000 when new.
Expensive hardware and serious performance can only do so much. Investigators say speed is being considered the primary factor in the crash, although police have not said exactly how fast the SUV was traveling before the driver lost control. No charges have been announced so far, and the investigation remains ongoing.
If there is one takeaway from this wreck, it is that modern crash engineering can be astonishingly effective. The Cayenne may have been destroyed, but the survival cell around the driver did exactly what it was designed to do.
