Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe DENVER, June 11 (UPI) -- Colorado resident Bill Vickery says seeing his classic 1969 Pontiac Firebird crushed beneath a fire truck marked the end of a nearly life-long relationship. The Denver Post said Thursday Vickery's beloved car ended up under the 48,000-pound truck after the fire truck lost partial contact with the road and tumbled down a nearby hill, eventually landing atop of the Firebird. Advertisement For Vickery, Tuesday's accident near Evergreen, Colo., left him missing a vehicle he had loved and cared for since he was a teenager. "It's gone everywhere with me since I was 16," said Vickery, who bought the car for nearly $1,200 in 1980. "It's basically spent two-thirds of my life with me." "It's not fixable," he added regarding his crushed vehicle. "It's gone. This … is ... gone." Vickery estimates while he got the Firebird at a discount price, he spent as much as $40,000 restoring his prized possession over the years. "You just don't see these '69 Firebirds. There's not too many of them left," he told the Post.
