Video: Tampa Car Crashes At 111 MPH Into Car Dealership

Author Mason Dixon

April 25th, 2021 10:13 PM

Florida Highway Patrol dash cam footage shows an amazing display of recklessness and a car in flight.

Sunday morning, a car was clocked at 111 miles per hour on I-4 near Mango Road. The patrolman tried to pull the car over, but as he approached, the car veered off the road, hit the shoulder and went airborne. The car went over a fence and hit a truck at Gator Ford, a dealership off the highway.

There were three passengers in the car with the driver. All three were thrown from the vehicle. One of the passengers did not survive. The driver was originally being charged with reckless Driving and DUI with serious injury, among other charges. That was upgraded to DUI manslaughter. The driver was already on probation for DUI manslaughter.

[Source: ABC Action News]

‘I Love Rock ‘N Roll’ & 11 Other Covers Better Than The Original

• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”

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  Want to know the best way to tell a cover is better than the original?  When people often don’t realize a cover is a cover.  That’s how amazing “I Love Rock N Roll” is.

• Huey Lewis and the News – “Heart and Soul”

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  The Huey Lewis version takes away the disco sound and makes it a solid rock hit. The original, by Exile, just didn't have the same punch... or the claps!

• Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – “Blinded By The Light”

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  All due respect to The Boss, but Manfred Mann’s arrangement is just leaps and bounds better.
• Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy”

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  The original from 1965 was by a band named "The Strangeloves". The 80's version changed the point of view from a boy to a girl, and Bow Wow Wow a one-hit wonder.

• Joe Cocker – “With A Little Help From My Friends”

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  Speaking of arrangement changes, it takes a lot of guts to cover The Beatles, but Joe Cocker’s cover of “With A Little Help From My Friends” never fails to move a room.

• Aretha Franklin – “Respect”

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  (See explanation for “I Love Rock N Roll.”)
• Janis Joplin – “Me and Bobby McGee”

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  This song was originally recorded by Roger Miller and was written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, but sweet Pearl’s rendition is obviously the best.

• Soft Cell – “Tainted Love”

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  Gloria Jones originally released “Tainted Love” in 1965, while Soft Cell’s version came out in 1981.

• The Beatles – “Twist and Shout”

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  “Twist and Shout” was originally recorded in 1961 by a group called The Top Notes.  It then became a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1962, and then The Beatles and John Lennon’s iconic vocals happened in 1963, and you know the rest.
• The Clash – “I Fought The Law”

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  Arguably the edgiest cover on the list.  “I Fought The Law” was originally recorded by The Crickets in 1960 and then covered by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1965.  The Clash’s rendition, however, is the only cover that matters.

• The Byrds – “Mr. Tambourine Man”

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  The Byrds’ cover was released the same year Bob Dylan released the original in 1965.  Talk about guts!

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “All Along The Watchtower”

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  Man!  When’s Bob Dylan going to catch a break?  “All Along The Watchtower” was released on the Dylan album 'John Wesley Harding' in December 1967.  Hendrix dropped his cover in September 1968.

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