{"id":21124,"date":"2022-04-30T00:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T04:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=21124"},"modified":"2022-04-30T00:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T04:04:22","slug":"man-jumps-ford-f150-raptor-breaks-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=21124","title":{"rendered":"Man breaks vertebra after jumping a 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Released for 2021, the third-generation Ford F-150 Raptor<\/a> benefits from several suspension upgrades that make it more capable off-road than its predecessor. Its front suspension system notably offers 14 inches of travel. The truck’s<\/a> ability to withstand abuse off the beaten path is so great that it seemingly exceeds a human’s: a man broke a vertebra after hitting a jump in a Raptor with an unmodified suspension.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Footage of the incident posted on Instagram by the truck’s owner, who goes by Caz, shows the Raptor rapidly approaching a jump, catching a good amount of air, and landing on four wheels. “I aimed for 60 [mph] but it may have gotten beyond that as I wasn’t looking at the speedometer. Got a nice, smooth jump but unfortunately I landed a perfect pancake; all four wheels at the same time,” he told The Drive<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The extra travel didn’t soften the blow, and the landing broke the driver’s T12 vertebra in three pieces. He told The Drive<\/em> that the injury caused the worst pain he has ever felt. “I literally threw the truck in park and dove onto the ground to straighten my back,” he explained.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Caz (@sezac80)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

In a follow-up Instagram post, Caz wrote that doctors repaired<\/a> his vertebra with two rods and six screws. He said that the truck is fine; he hasn’t been able to drive it because he’s been hospitalized since the incident, but his father has and reported that there is nothing wrong.<\/p>\n

“I knew there was a chance to damage my truck off-road, but I never in a million years thought about me being physically harmed. It’s definitely a wake-up call,” Caz concluded. He wasn’t the only off-roader that landed in the hospital with a back injury. He added that the driver who hit the same jump at about the same speed in an identical truck right after his run was hospitalized with a fractured spine as well.<\/p>\n

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