{"id":5393,"date":"2025-05-14T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:56:43","slug":"teens-jeep-crash-caught-on-camera-landing-just-inches-from-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/teens-jeep-crash-caught-on-camera-landing-just-inches-from-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen\u2019s Jeep Crash Caught On Camera, Landing Just Inches From Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2008-Jeep-Grand-Cherokee-Accident-2aa-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>A 17-year-old Jeep driver accidentally accelerated while driving on a Long Island pier.<\/li>\n<li>The crash resulted in the SUV landing on a floating dock, avoiding a plunge into the water.<\/li>\n<li>The vehicle suffered damage, needing repairs to the bumper and suspension components.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 17-year-old driver and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/jeep\/\">Jeep<\/a> she was behind the wheel of narrowly avoided an unintended swim in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2022\/11\/two-lamborghinis-collide-and-one-rare-aventador-svj-roadster-goes-up-in-smoke\/\">Long Island<\/a> Sound on Mother\u2019s Day after smashing through a guardrail and landing on a wooden floating dock. As luck would have it, a nearby security camera caught the whole chaotic sequence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the video, you can see the silver 2008 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/jeep-grand-cherokee\/\">Jeep Grand Cherokee<\/a> doing its best impression of an off-road vehicle as it careens up a curb, demolishing the fence at the edge of a pier in Port Jefferson. As the SUV drops onto the floating dock below, it spins to the left and somehow sticks the landing. If things had played out a bit differently, though, it could have easily tipped over and ended up in the water below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/this-is-the-2026-jeep-grand-cherokee-facelift\/\">2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee Facelift Reveals Itself<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/12\/us-news\/inexperienced-driver-launches-jeep-over-long-island-pier\/\">report<\/a> from the NY Post, the teenage driver accidentally hit the accelerator while navigating the pier. Local firefighters responded quickly and were able to extricate the teen, who was then taken to a nearby hospital with only minor injuries. The Jeep had to be secured in place with several strong rope lines before it could be removed by a tow truck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos Port Jefferson FD<\/h4>\n<p>Both the pier and the floating dock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/military-vehicle-plummets-off-interstate-in-seattle-injures-two\/\">sustained damage<\/a> in the accident. Not only will the guardrail need to be replaced, but the force of the Jeep slamming into the dock also punctured a large hole in the wood that\u2019ll need to be fixed. Hopefully, the driver and the car were insured at the time, because if not, they\u2019ll likely be hit with a hefty repair bill.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Jeep itself, it\u2019s looking worse for wear. It\u2019ll definitely need a new bumper and, likely, some suspension repairs to get it back in shape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos Port Jefferson FD<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old Jeep driver accidentally accelerated while driving on a Long Island pier. The crash resulted in the SUV landing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5396,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions\/5396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}