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Did you check to see if any part of the exhaust was crushed... especially around the resonator area (where it drops to a single pipe)? If the exhaust is completely collapsed then the backpressure could be preventing ignition.
It COULD also be fuel starvation... so your theory about the crushed lines might be good too. However, since the starter is electrical and doesn't need gas, the engine should still be turning. However, it is possible again that no fuel is coming through when the engine computer expects it... that could explain the noise.
Also... one other thing to check us the drive-shaft to the AWD... (is yours an AWD? I can't remember!) if that's badly bent then that would definitely stall the engine. Wouldn't necessarily explain the starting problems though.
Hope this helps! Keep us all posted.
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