Impact: Stories of Survival — Season 1, Episode 3: Demolition Derby Disaster
Documentary • 60 min • 3 seasons, 30 episodes
Episode synopsis
Story One: A fence pole is sent through a mans chest when he loses control of his truck and wrecks. Story Two: A female Gymnast attempts a vault jump, when her left ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) snaps in half. Story Three: A man get's trapped by his seatbelt in a burning car, during a Demolition Derby. Story Four: A 16-year-old is crushed by a 900 poud horse during a local rodeo.
About Impact: Stories of Survival
Impact: Stories of Survival is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on and was produced by the Discovery Health Channel. The program is based on life-threatening situations in which the victim experienced a moment of impact. Featuring video of the event, reenactments, and interviews with surgeons, doctors, and the victims, Impact takes its viewers through the full process of the victims impact, treatment and recovery. There is also a segment where a computerized animation shows in detail how the impact affected the victim's body showing how and to what extent bones, organs, veins, etc. were injured.