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Vince Neil car accident

As a result of a car accident, passenger Vince Neal Drummer "Hanoi Rocks" Razzle was killed on December 8, 1984.

The two bands were at a party ( Vince Neil home in Redondo Beach CA.) given in honor of the Finnish band's first U.S. tour, when Neil and Razzle -- both of whom reportedly had already been drinking -- decided to make a run to the liquor store. As the car made its way around a winding Hollywood road, While speeding and driving drunk, Neil lost control of his car and swerved around a stationary fire truck at 65mph in a 25 mph speed zone. Neil lost control of the vehicle and smashed into another car. His car went into the path of oncoming traffic and was hit by another car, whose inhabitants were left injured and with brain damage. All involved sustained injuries, but Razzle was less fortunate. Vince Neil escaped serious injury but Razzle was pronounced dead on arrival at Redondo's South Bay Hospital at 07:12 local time. He was 24 years old.

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In more detail....Neil's Ford Pantera careered into the path of oncoming traffic and was struck by two other cars. The driver of one of them, 18-year-old Lisa Hogan, who was rushed in a critical condition to the intensive care unit of the Little Company of Mary Hospital, where she remained in a coma for about a month with a broken arm and two broken legs. Brain damage, meanwhile, left her liable to psychomotor seizures. Lisa Hogan’s passenger, 20-year-old Daniel Smithers, suffered a broken leg and some brain damage. The driver of the third vehicle was thankfully uninjured.

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Vince Neil was taken to a police station where he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and "vehicular manslaughter," but was then released on bail for $2,500. His blood alcohol level was reportedly 0.17, which was way above the legal limit of 0.10 at the time