Freak accident

[S2Coupe_Nic]

This happened to a colleague of mine last Friday.

Travelling along a B road doing about 40 on a twisty wooded section (Totnes to Avonwick road just before the A38, for those who may know). Was a windy day and a branch fell from a tree to the side of him and straight though the window.

Had it come from a more forward angle...well...not worth thinking about.

Reminded me of Final Destination

He was pretty shaken but back on the road next day.

Nic

[JMLAudi]

He was very lucky



cheers
john

[lind4hl]

Now that is scary!!!!

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Yikes!!!!!!!!! The size of that branch when you see the interior picture ....shocking!!!!!!

[Sonic]

**** me!

Lucky for sure.

[spink]

what do you make of this then,looks like a concrete block or similar

[S2central.net]

Back in my rallying days... a rival of ours had a VERY near miss when he went off the road on a closed stage... straight into a fence surrounding a field. One of the fence posts came straight through the window like a bullet - between the heads of the driver and navigator. It was actually caught on camera and makes for uncomfortable viewing. I've looked for it on youtube but no joy. I seem to recall it actually hit the upper right side of the navigators seat. They were so damn lucky... co driver just threw it out the window, they drove across the field and back onto the stage.

Another unofficial sport of the Belfast low-life in years gone by was that of dropping breeze blocks off motorway bridges - there was a few people killed by this particularly evil / stupid activity but of course nobody was ever caught... oh yeah and THEN someone saw fit to install suitable fences to stop the low life scum doing it again

[dest]

There was a spate of bricks being thrown off bridges in Peterborough about 9 years ago, I was happily driving along and had one dropped onto my car!
It hit the front corner of the bonnet thankfully, it happened so quick I couldnt avoid it or even see it coming
To this day I HATE seeing people on bridges over the road, and try to swap lanes away from them if I can

[Keeper of The Kitten]

I think I know that incident you refer to Paul, remember it being mentioned ....and Dest I agree with you, hate seeing anyone on bridges over major roads...

[S2central.net]

I'll have it on VHS somewhere - gimme about 7yrs and I'll find it

[Phil Payne]

I was sitting in a traffic jam on a bridge over the Main between Frankfurt and Offenbach back in the early 1980s when a swan flying downriver lifted to clear the bridge but didn't see the tram wires.

It crashed down on the car (a 1982 Passat Estate) and wrote it off. Swans carry a lot of internal ballast - very messy.

It recovered, hopped off the car, and waddled off chuntering to itself - passers-by guided it down the steps to the river.

I rang the insurance company (HUK Coburg) and told them what had happened. "Fine, sir, we'll send you the Frankfurt Swan Damage Form."