Wife's Parents had an accident on the way to Tirupathi

Deepz · 21st June 2007, 16:27

Thank god for watching over them. As far as I have heard, the Banglore-Tirupati route is quite accident prone.

akroy · 21st June 2007, 18:05

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Originally Posted by Deepz

Thank god for watching over them. As far as I have heard, the Banglore-Tirupati route is quite accident prone.

No yaar, it is a nice highway!!
Even highway is accident prone if not driven safely...You should be careful as you should be in a 2 laned highway...

Abhi

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 21st June 2007, 18:22

When there is pretty bad damage to the vehicles, and/or people, people do tend to file FIRs - usually due to (a) just to save themselves from the allegation that no report was made / did not assist the injured. (b) claim insurance.
In case of vehicles owned by State road transport corporations, drivers will insist on FIRs even for minor accidents, else they will be penalised by the company.

Deepz · 21st June 2007, 18:49

I had two guests who came from Hong Kong, they went to Tirupati. They were heading towards Tirupati in an Ambassador Cab, a bike was overtaking a car on the oncoming lane, he came too wide and smashed head-on into their car. Dont know if the guy on the bike made it after the accident. He was taken to some hospital in another cab. My guests headed straight back to Bombay. They were really quite for a few days. Specially since in Hong Kong they're used to walking around since everything is near by. And to top it all, one of them has had a fear of travelling in cars since childhood.

esteem_lover · 21st June 2007, 21:43

Great to know that there was no serious injuries for your folks.

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Originally Posted by suman

From the sound of it, the cabbie may have been at fault (apart from the brake failure) since the lorry driver is trying to file a complaint!

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Originally Posted by akroy

This is really pathetic news....God knows when these cab companies service their vehicles....Brake failures doesnt happen so often in modern day cars....unless there is no care/service done...

Brake failure is a common excuse given by drivers to shift the blame on to the car.

Godfather · 21st June 2007, 21:49

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Brake failure is a common excuse given by drivers to shift the blame on to the car.

I totally agree.. Many drivers give the same excuse..
Glad to know that there were only minor injuries.

Godfather

herculesksp · 21st June 2007, 22:29

Whew. Just returned after meeting them. We accompanied them to a doc for a check up and got some tetanus injections and pain killers. Back home now after wifey cooked dinner for them. So here is the status.

Injuries are not as bad as suspected. All the 3 of them are feeling stiff all over the body and cant walk around too easily. Her dad has bruised his head and its swollen. He also has wounds in the knee. Her mom and sis have some injuries on the face and also in the hands and knees. Her sis has hurt her hand but its getting better now and is just stiff. She lost her specs in the accident and is going to have trouble till tomorrow when she will get her new specs. Luckily no one has any deep cuts and/or open wounds.

About the accident. It happened about 7kms from palamner(or something similar). There was a mild ghat/hill section and the accident happened just off the crest of the hill. The car had completed the up climb and had just started heading downhill. The lorry was coming uphill. They had overtaken some vehicle and then the car just kept going straight. The driver said the brakes failed but the lorry occupants suspect he dozed off. Anyway, the went straight into the lorry and luckily the lorry driver somehow anticipated this and braked hard. He was almost at the standstill when the car hit him.

The car is smashed and they had to call in a tractor to tow it away. Wife's dad had just removed the seat belts to change some CD in the player. What bad timing. It seems the dashboard also caved in because of the impact and the instrument panel and clocks were hanging out. Thats how her dad got his legs injured. The front windshield also is fully broken. The car company supposedly scolded the driver severely and from latest reports he is still near that village awaiting some tow vehicle. Her dad was saying that the driver was very responsible and didnt do any unnecessary overtakings and rash driving. Still this happened.

Later, once everyone got out, as the car rolled downhill the driver jumped in and applied the hand brakes. Too bad he didnt do that when the main brakes failed. Also seems he didnt attempt to steer away from the lorry. Was he that shocked or had he dozed off? Too bad we wont find out and thank heavens we are still in a position to think about it.

esteem_lover · 21st June 2007, 22:53

Was that an Indica ??

iraghava · 22nd June 2007, 01:07

Considering that whole description I would say he dozed off, especially since he made no attempt to brake or steer away from the lorry.

Good to know everyone is ok with no major injuries.

speedzak · 22nd June 2007, 01:24

It is indeed unclear what happened in reality. Many things happen when a person is in shock or in the state of doziness. It seems either of the two happened and I suspect he was in a half sleep mood when this happened.

Anyway, more important than that is to know how safe your in laws are. Glad to know the injuries are not very serious. But I think it is better to take some days off from everything and rest for a day or two at a place where they are completely comfortable at.
Give the injured all the courage and good words so that they feel calm and safe. Especially women folk needs to be attended in a very soothing way.

Nitin · 22nd June 2007, 02:58

Thank God! Good to know everyone's safe.

A friend of mine had a similar incident. He was driving his modded Gypsy, and while cruising at 70-75km/h, he went head on against an on coming truck. The Gypsy was a total loss. The only injury my friend had, was a tiny cut on his finger!

And he got that, while trying to open the door,and didn't notice a piece of glass wedged against the seat & his thigh.

I'm sure your in-laws are dazed. here's wishing all 3 of them a speedy recovery..

akroy · 22nd June 2007, 07:48

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Brake failure is a common excuse given by drivers to shift the blame on to the car.

, these drivers attribute their loss in control to the poor brakes which has nothing to do in these accidents...

Abhi

akroy · 22nd June 2007, 07:54

Amazing to read this but the road in the ghat section near Palamner is quit broad, something is wrong here, this driver might have lost his concentration, he looked like he doozed off...

ANyway, Nice to see that the passengers are fine... They will surely be out of the shock in a few days time...
Abhi

Deepz · 22nd June 2007, 17:10

Hey just get their minds of the whole thing. Get them some pastries and stuff.

Hellcat · 22nd June 2007, 18:29

Its very sad incident indeed, good to know everyone is ok with no injuries.

Hellcat

21st June 2007, 16:27	#16
Deepz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta(originally bombay) Posts: 98 Thanked: 2 Times	Thank god for watching over them. As far as I have heard, the Banglore-Tirupati route is quite accident prone.
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21st June 2007, 18:22	#18
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,522 Thanked: 752 Times	When there is pretty bad damage to the vehicles, and/or people, people do tend to file FIRs - usually due to (a) just to save themselves from the allegation that no report was made / did not assist the injured. (b) claim insurance. In case of vehicles owned by State road transport corporations, drivers will insist on FIRs even for minor accidents, else they will be penalised by the company.
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21st June 2007, 18:49	#19
Deepz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta(originally bombay) Posts: 98 Thanked: 2 Times	I had two guests who came from Hong Kong, they went to Tirupati. They were heading towards Tirupati in an Ambassador Cab, a bike was overtaking a car on the oncoming lane, he came too wide and smashed head-on into their car. Dont know if the guy on the bike made it after the accident. He was taken to some hospital in another cab. My guests headed straight back to Bombay. They were really quite for a few days. Specially since in Hong Kong they're used to walking around since everything is near by. And to top it all, one of them has had a fear of travelling in cars since childhood.
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21st June 2007, 22:29	#22
herculesksp BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 373 Thanked: 241 Times	Whew. Just returned after meeting them. We accompanied them to a doc for a check up and got some tetanus injections and pain killers. Back home now after wifey cooked dinner for them. So here is the status. Injuries are not as bad as suspected. All the 3 of them are feeling stiff all over the body and cant walk around too easily. Her dad has bruised his head and its swollen. He also has wounds in the knee. Her mom and sis have some injuries on the face and also in the hands and knees. Her sis has hurt her hand but its getting better now and is just stiff. She lost her specs in the accident and is going to have trouble till tomorrow when she will get her new specs. Luckily no one has any deep cuts and/or open wounds. About the accident. It happened about 7kms from palamner(or something similar). There was a mild ghat/hill section and the accident happened just off the crest of the hill. The car had completed the up climb and had just started heading downhill. The lorry was coming uphill. They had overtaken some vehicle and then the car just kept going straight. The driver said the brakes failed but the lorry occupants suspect he dozed off. Anyway, the went straight into the lorry and luckily the lorry driver somehow anticipated this and braked hard. He was almost at the standstill when the car hit him. The car is smashed and they had to call in a tractor to tow it away. Wife's dad had just removed the seat belts to change some CD in the player. What bad timing. It seems the dashboard also caved in because of the impact and the instrument panel and clocks were hanging out. Thats how her dad got his legs injured. The front windshield also is fully broken. The car company supposedly scolded the driver severely and from latest reports he is still near that village awaiting some tow vehicle. Her dad was saying that the driver was very responsible and didnt do any unnecessary overtakings and rash driving. Still this happened. Later, once everyone got out, as the car rolled downhill the driver jumped in and applied the hand brakes. Too bad he didnt do that when the main brakes failed. Also seems he didnt attempt to steer away from the lorry. Was he that shocked or had he dozed off? Too bad we wont find out and thank heavens we are still in a position to think about it.
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21st June 2007, 22:53	#23
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Was that an Indica ??
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22nd June 2007, 01:07	#24
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	Considering that whole description I would say he dozed off, especially since he made no attempt to brake or steer away from the lorry. Good to know everyone is ok with no major injuries.
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22nd June 2007, 01:24	#25
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	It is indeed unclear what happened in reality. Many things happen when a person is in shock or in the state of doziness. It seems either of the two happened and I suspect he was in a half sleep mood when this happened. Anyway, more important than that is to know how safe your in laws are. Glad to know the injuries are not very serious. But I think it is better to take some days off from everything and rest for a day or two at a place where they are completely comfortable at. Give the injured all the courage and good words so that they feel calm and safe. Especially women folk needs to be attended in a very soothing way.
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22nd June 2007, 02:58	#26
Nitin Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,294 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Thank God! Good to know everyone's safe. A friend of mine had a similar incident. He was driving his modded Gypsy, and while cruising at 70-75km/h, he went head on against an on coming truck. The Gypsy was a total loss. The only injury my friend had, was a tiny cut on his finger! And he got that, while trying to open the door,and didn't notice a piece of glass wedged against the seat & his thigh. I'm sure your in-laws are dazed. here's wishing all 3 of them a speedy recovery..
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22nd June 2007, 07:54	#28
akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,423 Thanked: 85 Times View My Garage	Amazing to read this but the road in the ghat section near Palamner is quit broad, something is wrong here, this driver might have lost his concentration, he looked like he doozed off... ANyway, Nice to see that the passengers are fine... They will surely be out of the shock in a few days time... Abhi
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22nd June 2007, 17:10	#29
Deepz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta(originally bombay) Posts: 98 Thanked: 2 Times	Hey just get their minds of the whole thing. Get them some pastries and stuff.
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22nd June 2007, 18:29	#30
Hellcat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 222 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	Its very sad incident indeed, good to know everyone is ok with no injuries. Hellcat
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