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Originally Posted by sadnabrina

A car on the opposite direction veered off track onto the ditch on my left, then it jumped over a heap of sand/loose soil and crashed onto a large tree .

It's really difficult to keep a cool head after witnessing an accident and act accordingly. What you did is not only commendable, it's also a kind of a guide for newbies like me.
Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by Gannu_1

Anirban, appreciate you and the fellow travellers stopping and helping the victims.

Gannu, while reading a post, I try to decipher the user names. And I'll admit, I couldn't decipher - sadnabrina . Thanks for decoding it!

[dr_rdey]

Great work! not easy to step down and help.
Completely off the track question- which dash cam were you using? The picture quality is great

[sadnabrina]

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Thank you everyone for the nice words and sorry for a delayed response. Had been pretty tied up with office the whole of last week.

But we are no heros! What we did that day was our duty as a fellow road user.

And yes, we were really very lucky as well, to have not been hit the the car.

Originally Posted by haisaikat

Sunday Suspense - Taranath Tantrik for Bengali folks

Ha ha.. even I play the Sunday Suspense series quite often while driving.

Originally Posted by Pynummoottil

I would however like to add an important point, especially since you mentioned that the lady in the rear seat may have suffered a neck injury. Anybody with a suspected neck injury should only be moved by a professional, trained in such matters. While golden hour is important, it is equally important that one wait for professional help. I am a Surgeon, which is why I would like to mention this.

Thank you. Another lesson learnt.
Fortunately she did not complain of any neck pain when she talked to the doctors at the hospital. I guess we were lucky this time around.

Originally Posted by Ganapathy

On a divergent note, Please can you share the details of the dash cam this incident was captured on?

Originally Posted by shaheenazk

May we know which dashcam you use? The footage is good and jerk free.

Originally Posted by dr_rdey

Completely off the track question- which dash cam were you using? The picture quality is great

It is a SJ CAM 5000 EX Action Camera with image stabilization "on" and shooting at 1080P/30fps with 170 degree wide view mode. Final editing was done in Adobe Premiere Pro and same resolution retained for the final output (Youtube 1080P).

Originally Posted by Lobogris

Your son’s slowing down in a cautious manner delayed you enough for the crash to happen before you. An example of being rewarded for good behaviour!

Originally Posted by Roy.S

his son needs to be commended for his mature driving style and cool head. I would have never guessed it was a 20 year old behind the wheel.

Originally Posted by gururajrv

Hats off to you sir and your son for cautiously braking seeing an obstacle which is a good driver's behavior!

He is definitely not a rash driver. He has been my passenger since he was 3. Now he is all of 20. All these years he has been listening to my constant live commentary of the road. I keep talking about other fellow road user's behaviors and manners while driving. I would say things like "Let me slow down a bit, see that Swift in front is not maintaining the lane, may be he is using his mobile phone", or "See these muddy tyre marks from the left, possibly tractors reach the highway from the field here, let me be cautious".
It is just a habit, but I now think in the back of mind I probably wanted him to learn the EQ of driving.

Originally Posted by Roy.S

I can't help wondering why the driver of the XL6 was injured. The cabin was intact and airbags deployed. A seatbelt issue perhaps? Just speculating.

The minor facial injuries he had could be some projectile (water bottle or a mobile phone) in the car or merely the airbag impact. While the waist injury/pain was most probably due to the seatbelt.

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Also luckily, there was no other vehicle on the Ertiga's path an it landed on the shrubs and maybe, not so grown up trees. Else had there been a roadside obstacle like a tree, civil construction or something else, the result could have been worse.

They actually did hit a large tree head on which caused the airbag deployment, but definitely before that they were slowed down by the shrubs and the undulating ground.

Originally Posted by chetancm7

The reason most of us do that is to avoid being entangled in unnecessary enquiries and questions by police specifically incase of accidents.

True. I did have the video footage to show and legally they can't even ask for my contact details if I am not willing to share.
Of course it also helps if you car is clean and scratch free and shows no signs of even a minor impact. Another reason to keep your car in perfect shape

Originally Posted by landcruiser123

I'm no medical professional, but this "My head was reeling..." part could be anything from a mild heart attack to Trauma. Only a trained medical professional can come to a conclusion on what might have happened.

Yes that is a possibility. The first things the ER doctors did was and an ECG and a X-RAY.