Destroyed In Seconds — Season 1, Episode 49: Episode 49
Documentary, Reality • 22 min • 2 seasons, 76 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
Wichita, KS – At about 12:37 am at night, an irate citizen suddenly crashes into the Wichita City Hall with his car. Hemel Hempstead, England – The Buncefield fire. San Antonio, TX – The San Antonio bus line becomes the scene of multiple accidents. Western Sydney International Dragway, Sydney, Australia – Darren Morgan is racing his top fuel dragster when it loses the left wheel and hit the wall. Edmonton, Canada – Greg Whitlow rides Lights Out the bull. Lights Out spins recklessly and Greg takes a hit to the head and is knocked out cold. Bilbao, Spain – A van packed with over 220 pounds of explosives by a terrorist group explodes next to a TV station. The only injury is a station employee with ear damage. Winter Haven, Florida – F1 Boat Racing on Cypress Gardens Lake. It is the last heat before the finals. Mike Seebold's boat catches a gust of wind, sharply veers left, and smashes into the water. He's uninjured, makes repairs to the boat, and races in it the next day.
About Destroyed In Seconds
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.