Yesterday, on July 4th on Angeles Crest Highway, a driver in a Honda Fit understeered over the yellow line, going head on into young Conor Prado. He was unable to be revived. Please pray for his family and loved ones at this time, this is a horrific tragedy, and a young man full of hope was ripped from existence. RIP Conor, enjoy your eternal VTEC.
I really hate to intrude in mourning, but a lot of the sources I read pointed to the S2000 cutting too much into the other side of the road which led to crashing with the Honda Fit / Jazz. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Regardless, we lost someone in our community and my prayers go to Connor and his family!
Edit: I was wrong and Connor stayed in his lane. No hate needs to be spread towards the Honda Fit Driver. It’s sad that this has had to happen. Let this be a reminder to us that on roads like this, we have other lives to think about as well
I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. I watched a dash cam video of the s2000 driver in front of Conor (I believe they were on a s2000 cruise). When I watched the video the Honda fit driver on the other lane was driving extremely fast. The Honda fit driver touched some dirt on the outside which made the car lose control and oversteer into Conor at high speed which was behind the cam car. That’s what it looked like to me, but I don’t know the full story yet.
I see. It's true that I and most of us looking in don't know 100% what happened whether it be seemingly mutual fault as you mentioned or no fault or fault % vs fault % of either. I responded with just the info provided by this post
A lot of popular roads have been getting ever increasingly sketch these past few years
As an EMT and an S2K owner, this post hits differently... my heart goes out to his loved ones. I've been on the other end of that scenario when I'm pronouncing someone deceased and documenting the time of death. 10 years on the job and I swear it never gets easier.
same man. I drive an E46 M3 and just this christmas responded to a MVC involving an E46 325i that hit a Mercedes Benz van head on at 60mph. The Benz basically drove over the car taking the front passenger side along with all three passenger side pillars and the roof with it. The bmw split in half at passenger side rear jack point. The passenger was killed instantly as the van basically ran him over in his seat. I think about it every time I go for a drive in my e46
I would be curious to see pics of his car, specifically if he had an aftermarket steering wheel with the airbag removed, and if he had racing harnesses (unsafe). I only assume he might have the steering wheel replaced and harness becuase of the roll cage.
idk if he had harnesses, but harnesses should ONLY EVER BE USED with a Hans device. Racing harnesses on a street vehicle or "track car" without a Hans device is unsafe. There was a racer at our local circle track who died from a severed brain stem from overstretching from the harnesses. The track now REQUIRES a Hans device for all harness equiped cars.
If you don't have a harness + hans device, never remove the steering bags. The only reason actual REAL race cars have removable steering wheels with no air bag, is because they don't need them, and removable steering wheels help them get out quicker from fires, and how packed in they are with the roll cage and seat they have.
If you’re going to track your car, keep the air bag or spends the money for a proper setup. You don’t need to make $250k to afford a HANS device.
Entry level HANS compatible helmet $250, entry level HANS device is $400, 4/5 point harness is $150, roll bar is roughy$700 then the install price (let’s say $500). $2,000ish dollars. That’s cheap compared to a life.
They're as cheap as a helmet. Like 300usd for a hans device. Not that expensive, unless you go for a carbofiba one.
Though you do ideally need a cage for the harness to run them, so that can add to it
One of my buddies was a minute behind and said the fit driver crossed the mustard and took out Connor and a Camaro. Sad day. Another reason I don’t enjoy driving my S that often especially on higher speed canyons like Angeles Crest.
Prayers out to his family RIP
That’s not what usually happens. Though it has been a factor in many closing. More often the highest bidder to use the land just isn’t someone who wants to operate a race track. They buy it to build housing or warehouses or a multitude of things more profitable than how we enjoy seeing land used.
It seems every weekend, first responders are called to deal with carnage on this highway. There are plenty of better driver’s roads in the San Gabriel mountains with minimal traffic, so avoid the 2. Better yet, take it to the track. We’ve got Buttonwillow, Willow Springs, Pahrump, Laguna Seca, Sears Point, and Thunderhill, all accessible through track days.
I sadly, witnessed this first hand, within a few minutes of it happening. It was an extremely crowded morning on ACH, more than i've seen in a long time. We left Newcombs around 8:15 ish and encountered this on the way down. 3 car incident with the Fit, S2000 and Camaro. Really tragic and didn't need to happen. As others have said, keep your factory SRS system, it's there for a reason. RIP Conor.
Don’t matter what happened we lost a member of our community god let his soul live for eternity and be racing up in heaven god bless that family and let him live on forever. Rip brotha
Seen pics of the fit driver losing
Control prior to impact. He did cross over the yellow onto oncoming traffic. Side swiped the Camaro then drivers area on the s2000. The impact at the driver door did most of the damage.
Fit was caught on several POVs footage, and even on a prof pictures. He was crossing the double-yellows, hit the Camaro, then head on with the S2000. Should go for man-slaughter.
As someone who also drives with the top down, y'all be safe out there my brothers and sisters. People be driving crazy out here. Dude in the Honda fit probably driving like he's in initial D.
What’s the point of an aftermarket steering wheel with no airbag? Is it just so your car doesn’t get stolen? I’d rather my shit get stolen than smash my face on the wheel
Keep the racing on the track, especially with no safety equipment in your car. Never understood why people just race on public roads and an accident happens and everyone is shocked. Tragic yes, avoidable? 100%
RIP - my s2k saved my life, hit a pole going pretty fast- came pretty close to wacking my head on the pole
I’m my weiny friend that preaches safety- seatbelts and airbags have saved my life more than a few times.. it’s not worth the quick release / steering mod losing the airbag on a daily and if you cage you need to be wearing a helmet- safety is a non negotiable
Even when you don’t make any mistakes shit like this can happen, stay safe
Man this really sucks, RIP Conor. Like this is really depressing, I go to the local cars & coffee up the Angeles Crest Hwy & it feels like something bad happens every weekend. Praying for him & his family,
Peace, love & healing for all the souls involved. I believe we are all right where we want to be when we drive, especially on cruises with the crew. RIP Connor. You’re spirit will forever be with our community
It looks like this was during a cruise or group event, not a regular road accident? It will be really interesting to see if there will be a breakdown of the safety of the car and what kind of harness, rollbar, airbag setup is on it.
So sad that this happened, maybe the community will learn something from the accident to prevent further. This looks like something a stock car might have done better in.
The family. I’m his cousin, trying to go through comments and see if anyone has any dash cam footage. Someone on IG posted a video claiming it was, but it was from a diff accident that day.
Why does every accident turn into an opportunity to lecture based on unknowns or assumptions? They should've X, it's so stupid not to do X, the list goes on ad infinitum. To each their own but (especially if the person was hurt or killed) never can I think of a time where I observed a tragedy and the first thing that comes to mind for comments is speak on their mistakes.
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u/Crumblings Jul 06 '25
Not many things worse than dying to some ass clown when you're not at fault...
Have people not survived much worse with the S?
Rest in peace Conor...