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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Volvo vs Toyota. Saw this accident yesterday around noon near Brookefield. Not sure how it happened. It looked like fortuner tried to take a U turn and hit the volvo [or volvo hit fort] at back. The rear quarter glass is completely gone. But I see scratches on fortuner from the front bumper. Stopped a while, and heard that the volvo was coming in high speed. Ha, need no guesses here. ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: BLR/PTA
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May his soul RIP. Last edited by A350XWB : 20th June 2011 at 09:30. | ||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() @Jose, A350XWB - I know this guy. He is my friend's best friend. Saw my friend on the way to his house. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2007 Location: UP 16
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![]() Wishing I get to own a X5 someday! ![]() I guess those dark windshields are mostly on vehicles whose owners tend to hide what's happening inside or wanna show they're un"cool". | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Just saw a gruesome accident reported in The Hindu and Times of India Chennai citing three youths in their late twenties - early thirties were killed in an accident where the Esteem that they drove rammed a parked tipper lorry on Nelson Manickam road at around 1 AM on Sunday. Suspected case of drunken driving. The Esteem is damaged beyond recognition and impact was so severe that the vehicle had to cut open using gas cutters to reach the victims. It is a well established fact that DUI leads to serious accidents, not sure why most humans still do not acknowledge it. EDIT: Here's the link. Both newspapers carried the picture of the mangled car but its not to be seen in the online version. Last edited by rr_zen : 20th June 2011 at 11:10. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai
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The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Three killed in accident | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TrafficJamaBad earlier known as Hyd
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai
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That lorry might have saved the lives of other people, if this moron had hit a car, or pedestrians. | |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ghaziabad/Hyderabad/Mysore
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Anyone who accuses you of not being human is not human (human - brain = monkey). this is what the report says: " ... Police said the driver was under the influence of alcohol. Sources with the Anna Nagar traffic investigation identified the deceased as Akilesh Gupta (31) of Baraka Road, Kilpauk, Pratap Martin (30) of Neelakandan Street, Choolaimedu and Natesh (28) of Vasantham Colony, Anna Nagar. All three men were software engineers. Akilesh and Natesh were working in Chennai while Pratap was employed with a firm in Malaysia and had come to Chennai on a break, police sources added. “The accident occurred around 1.a.m. on Nelson Manickam Road when the Maruti Esteem car driven by Akilesh Gupta rammed into a tipper lorry parked on the road. ... The victims who had gone to attend a friend's wedding in Thirumangalam were heading to Neelakandan Street in Chooliamedu to drop Pratap at his residence. .... The driver of the vehicle is suspected to have been in an inebriated state. Police also found alcohol bottles inside the car, Mr. Vijay Kumar added. ... " Far from being kids, these are 30-somethings, who drive in Malaysia (very tough driving rules) driving on a road where lorries are to be expected, past midnight, while drunk. you are right - the lorry might have saved some other poor fellows' lives. | |
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Do you know what happened to the other rider who was admitted to hospital with injuries (no idea how critical was the injuries as he has already been taken to hospital by the time I reached there)? | ||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: --
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| ![]() Problem is - "It can't happen to me". We fail to learn from other's mistakes. Inspite of stricter norms against drunken driving, the menace continues. Agree to what Thad said, Thank god he banged into a stationary lorry and not into an innocent soul returning home after a hard days work! |
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BANNED ![]() Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panaji - Goa/Bangalore - Karnataka
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| ![]() To all of us who see a friend/accomplice/anyone drink and drive. Every time they get away from any incident, they are that much close to the end. All drivers who pay the ultimate price for DUI have managed to get away a lot many times. Problem is this creates a false sense of being good at it. And then that stationary lorry in the fast lane shows up from thin air. |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ghaziabad/Hyderabad/Mysore
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It is the same if you replace the words DUI with a lot of things (speeding for example) There are even BHPians who pride themselves in being able to pull off such antics | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() I hope no one was injured in this accident. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Quote:
![]() Turned out the guy was a novice - promptly fired the driver and started driving himself. BTW, he also moved on to a Scorpio-mHawk from the Santro. | |
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