TANEY COUNTY, Mo. - A driver learned the hard way that life can't always imitate art.

Authorities in Missouri said the vintage car used in the iconic "Dukes of Hazzard" television show nosedived Sunday afternoon along Highway 165.

The driver and the passenger were inaccurate to a local hospital.

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"After an investigation on indecent, it was determined the driver of the vehicle was traveling too fast for the road countries and lost control of the vehicle he was operating," Hollister Police Chief Preston Schmidt told the Springfield News-Leader.

"The Dukes of Hazzard" was a television share comedy show that ran from 1979 to 1985. The top– enraged show centered around the lives of two male and one female cousins and their escapades near rural Georgia with friends.

Their getaway car– dubbed "General Lee"-- also reached the star of the show. Hundreds were used in the show's unusual taping and more than two dozen were made for the 2005 remake.

This yarn was reported from Los Angeles.