Thread: Automotive journalist dies in Ariel Atom crash

Michael Cornette, a 35-year-old Belgian automotive journalist, was killed after the Ariel Atom 3 he was riding in crashed into a silo outside of Kortijk, Belgium, around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Cornette was a passenger in the open-top, track-ready, yet street-legal cart when driver and owner Matthieu Desmet lost control on a long straight road. Desmet is in critical condition and under a medically induced coma. Cornette died at the scene.

Cornette was a journalist at a West Flanders newspaper and worked on an annual car guide in response to the local Brussels Motor Show. Cornette was on the test drive in the Ariel as part of his research. He left behind a wife and a two-year-old daughter.

[via Knack.be]


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So sad.

Wow that's horrible.

Very sad news, R.I.P!

Tragic

Doesn't look like a really bad accident. I wonder if they were wearing helmets?

RIP.

Originally Posted by KieranR

Doesn't look like a really bad accident. I wonder if they were wearing helmets?

RIP.

I was thinking the same. It definitely looks like the crash would have been survivable based solely on the visible damage to the car and the silo. Whatever the case maybe a loss of life is never a good thing. RIP and thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and loved ones of the ones involved.

Originally Posted by Parker 24

I was thinking the same. It definitely looks like the crash would have been survivable based solely on the visible damage to the car and the silo. Whatever the case maybe a loss of life is never a good thing. RIP and thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and loved ones of the ones involved.

From the short ride I took in one, I can tell you that there isn't anything that you want your head to come into contact with at a decent speed in that cockpit. Plastic and metal all around.