I was going to say that if he was driving a Porsche he might not have died but then I read this:
Horton died in a motor vehicle accident in the early morning of February 21, 1974, after losing control of his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in St. Catharines, Ontario.[8] He had played a game in Toronto the previous evening against his former team, the Maple Leafs, and was driving alone to Buffalo, New York, 160 km (99 mi) south. The Sabres had lost the game, and despite sitting out the third period and playing with a jaw and ankle injury, Horton was selected one of the game's three stars.[9]
Horton's Pantera had been given to him by Sabres' manager Punch Imlach as an enticement to return to the team for one more season.[10]
On his way to Buffalo, Horton stopped at his office in Oakville, and was met there by Ron Joyce.[10][11] While there, Horton phoned his brother Garry, who recognized that Tim had been drinking and tried to convince him not to leave. As well, Joyce offered to have Horton stay with him. Horton chose to continue his drive to Buffalo.[11]
After 4:00 am, a woman reported to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Burlington that she had observed a car traveling at a high rate of speed on the QEW. A warning was broadcast over police radio. At 4:30 am, OPP Officer Mike Gula observed a speeding vehicle traveling Niagara-bound on the QEW in Vineland. Gula activated his siren and attempted to pursue Horton's vehicle, but lost sight of it.[11][12]
Horton passed a curve in the road at Ontario Street and was approaching the Lake Street exit in St. Catharines when he lost control and drove into the centre grass median, where his tire caught a recessed sewer and then flipped several times before coming to a stop on its roof in the Toronto-bound lanes. Not wearing a seatbelt, Horton was ejected 60 m (200 ft) from the car. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.[8][12]
After the accident, police denied that Horton was driving drunk. His autopsy was not made public, and there was no official public inquiry.[13] In 2005, the autopsy was made public (with witness statements redacted) and revealed that Horton's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit, and that a half-filled vodka bottle was amongst the crash debris. Horton was also in possession of the drugs Dexedrine (a stimulant) and Dexamyl (a stimulant-sedative), and traces of amobarbital (an ingredient in Dexamyl) were found in his blood. The autopsy report found no painkillers in Horton's body, and also concluded that his car had been in good working order. There was nothing to suggest Horton was evading police, or that police got near enough to initiate a criminal pursuit.[8][13"
Dex's (70's legal speed), dexamyl to kill the pain and keep you awake, 2X the limit with vodka....the only thing he should have been driving was a taxi.
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