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![[ACCIDENT] Black 2020 Corvette Stingray Stuck on Snow-Covered Highway](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/11/111219_9-534x360.jpg)
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Nothing worse than putting the company car into a snowbank on a cold winter’s fall day.
We are trying to decide if this 2020 Corvette Stingray is equipped with the Z51 package, which as you know, is outfitted with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires and not the all-season Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 4’s that come standard on all non-Z51 Corvettes.
![[ACCIDENT] Scary Moment for a 2019 Corvette ZR1 as it Nearly Falls from a Transporter](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/11/111219_3-480x360.jpg)
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We came across these photos on Facebook and we can tell you that it appears that all ended well for this 2019 Corvette ZR1 that nearly took a tumble off the motorized lift of an auto transporter.
Talk about needed some roadside assistance… and a new pair of shorts!
![[VIDEO] Baltimore Police Release Footage of NFL’s Alex Collins Arrest Following Corvette Crash](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/11/110719_2-585x353.jpg)
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Check out this intriguing video of the arrest of former NFL running back Alex Collins, whose troubles skyrocketed after he crashed his black C7 Corvette convertible in March near the Baltimore Ravens’ practice facility in Owings Mills, Maryland.
Now, bodycam video from the arresting officer has been obtained by TMZ Sports and reveals a courteous Collins explaining to the policeman on the scene that it had been snowing and he slid off the road in his Corvette about an hour and a half earlier around 4 a.m.
![[ACCIDENT] C5 Corvette Driver Injured in New Zealand Crash](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/11/110619_25-585x329.jpg)
Photo Credit: news reports say the man was in stable condition with serious injuries at Wellington Regional Hospital on Saturday.
A photo from the scene shows the Corvette hanging somewhat precariously on the edge of the road, with waves in Sunshine Bay crashing just a few feet below.
A witness to the crash traveling in the opposite direction said the Corvette suddenly skidded out and smashed into the pole on its right side.
![[VIDEO] A Sinkhole Almost Claims Another Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/10/100419_2-585x323.jpg)
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Sinkhole the Sequel?
That might be a good name for this video from CapeCod.com that shows how a black C5 Corvette convertible nearly repeated history this week in Harwich, Massachusetts.
The entire world, of course, remembers how a massive sinkhole in the National Corvette Museum swallowed up eight classic Corvettes back in 2014.
![[ACCIDENT] Teacher Arrested for Racing Corvette Drunk and Without Pants](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/10/100319_5-585x338.jpg)
We’ve heard of getting comfortable behind the wheel of your car, but a Texas man may have carried things a little too far this week.
Police in Wichita Falls, Texas arrested the driver of a 1999 Corvette late Tuesday after he crashed his car while allegedly racing on Southwest Parkway just before midnight.
After 41 years in the newspaper business, I know sometimes you have to search pretty hard to find a good story to put on the front page. But that’s not always the case, as The Press of Atlantic City in Pleasantville, New Jersey can verify. Just after several journalists had completed a Facebook Live discussion […]
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Photo Credit: yaktrinews.com A stereotypical gloomy day in the Northwest could have contributed to a Thursday morning wreck that totaled a black C6 Corvette Coupe. Troopers told yaktrinews.com that by 1:30 that day, they had already investigated six crashes, mostly due to wet, rainy conditions. In the case of the Corvette, Gene Bumgarner, 66, apparently […]
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Photo Credit: Hans Madsen / Messenger News It didn’t take long for an estimated $100,000 worth of classic cars, including two Corvettes and a 1989 Pontiac Trans Am, to go up in flames Thursday afternoon in Dakota City, Iowa. The fire erupted when a man working on one of the vehicles inside the garage tried […]
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Photo Credit: cdm85-521 / Corvette Forum Who would think just running over a large rock or a chunk of something very hard on a busy interstate would total a new car? But that’s what happened to the owner of a 2017 Corvette Grand Sport, who reported his misfortune on Corvette Forum. The post, made by […]
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