These photographs were then forwarded to colleagues and were leaked onto the Internet. However, photographs of the scene of Catsouras’ death were taken by California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers as part of standard fatal traffic collision procedures. Nicole Catsouras, 18, lost control of the car and died in the crash.Ĭontroversy Over Catsoura’s Car Accident PhotographsĪccording to Newsweek, the Catsouras ” accident was so gruesome the coroner wouldn’t allow her parents to identify their daughter’s body”. One of the photos that have appeared on the internet shows the crash scene showing the Catsouras’ Porsche 911 Carrera crumpled up against a toll-booth building at Alton Parkway in Lake Forest. When he was taken off hold, the dispatcher informed him of the accident. While doing so, he called 9-1-1 for assistance, apparently minutes before the accident, and was put on hold. Her mother called her father, who began driving around trying to find his daughter. Around 10 minutes later, her mother heard a door shut along with footsteps out the back door.Īs she walked toward the garage, she was able to see her daughter reversing out of the driveway in her father’s Porsche 911 Carrera, a car she was not allowed to drive. After lunch, her father, Christos Catsouras, left for work while her mother remained at home. On the date of the accident, October 31, 2006, Catsouras and her parents ate lunch together at the family home in Ladera Ranch. Toxicological tests revealed traces of cocaine in Catsouras’ body, but no alcohol.Īccording to a News report, the Catsoura’s “incident was so shocking, the coroner wouldn’t allow individuals to identify her body”. The Porsche was destroyed, and Catsouras was killed on impact. The Porsche crossed the road’s broad median, which lacks a physical barrier on that segment, and crashed into an unmanned concrete toll booth near the Alton Parkway interchange.
The well loved teenager who was on high speed lost control after she clipped a Honda Civic that she was attempting to pass on the right at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Born on the 4 th of March 1998, Nicole “Nikki” Catsouras tragically lost her life on Octoin an auto crash after losing control of a Porsche 911 Carrera which belonged to her father.
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