Breakaway car

I'm not going to try and blow the images up and study them like a forensic, but here's what it seems like to me:
I don't think just the baseplate pulled off.
Looks more like part of the unibody subframe separated.
If the baseplate worked loose it could have "worried" the subframe welds.
Also looks like the Chevy is repairable.
If so... Would I want to tow it again, using the repaired welds...?
Maybe not, but a repair might be better than the original welds.

Bumper was found about 2 miles back up the road. Can you say no breakaway brakes?

I am guessing there was no breakaway cable since it went so far. Thankfully no one was hit by it.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
Wow! That was sure an unpleasant surprise I'm sure. I noticed in the shot of the front bumper/base plate, that the Roadmaster base plate apparently does not have the safety cables back to the frame that Blue Ox supplies with their base plates. I think that would have led to much less drama in this situation, since the car would not have completely broken away.

Not a Roadmaster, .. looks like a Demco.

The towbar in the video looks to me to be a Demco.

"It's so easy to tow. Why, I can't even tell it's back there!" :S

Wow! That was sure an unpleasant surprise I'm sure. I noticed in the shot of the front bumper/base plate, that the Roadmaster base plate apparently does not have the safety cables back to the frame that Blue Ox supplies with their base plates. I think that would have led to much less drama in this situation, since the car would not have completely broken away.