After looking at the news article on the Boulder shooting, I saw another headline that caught my eye about a rear-end crash killing 2 people

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boul...rear-end-crash

I of course feel bad for the friends and family of the couple in question and the courts will deal with the juvenile driver who rear-ended the couple. What intrigued me was that the driver who rear-ended them (in a 2002 VW Jetta) was released from the hospital with minor injuries. The couple was in a 2010 Honda Fit, strapped in with the seat belts, but taken to the hospital in critical condition and then had life support turned off after a 3-4 days.

Just wondering if any of the insurance or LEO guys here have better insight into a crash like this. It's not like a Jetta is HUGE and there's a LOT of crumple zone between the rear end and the front seats on a Fit. Granted, the offending driver was doing at least 45 mph with minimal braking when he hit them but I would have thought the couple that died were in the best possible circumstances being supported in the back by the seats, belts on, etc. while the juvenile would have been in the worst circumstance.

File this under "sub-compacts are scary" or was there more at play than the article suggests?