Reply With QuoteThat's a helluva wreck; how did the driver fare?Originally Posted by Dave Brand
Take a look at these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6IZUzxRKUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t_477Ak98
My wife, Karen, who was flagging at the next post from where it happened, described it as the scariest incident she's ever seen.
That's a helluva wreck; how did the driver fare?
What a waste of a perfectly good Ginetta.
I hope the driver was OK. One again I think we should be grateful for the skill and expertise of the UK marshalls who appeared to be right on the ball as usual.
Ken.
Die dulci fruimini!
Ken.
Wolds Bikers, Lincolnshire, England.
Brilliant response to a horrible crash.
not too many years ago that would have been fatal (I'm assuming it wasn't)
The driver was up & walking, after the marshals put him out (his suit was on fire).
While I doubt he's 'fine', he doesn't appear to be 'dead'.
Chip H.
Former owner: 2012 Honda Civic LX, 2006 Honda Ridgeline RTL, 2000 Honda CR-V EX, 2003 MINI Cooper S, 1992 Honda Accord LX, 1999 Mercedes ML-320, 1995 VW Jetta GLX, 1991 Mercury Capri XR2, 1981 Mercury Zephyr, 1975 Chevrolet Impala
You can walk with fatal burns, I met a guy once on the hills above Wellington harbour who had tried to jump off a 16,000V DC pylon, shorted it and fell 80 feet into a gorse bush; had no clothes, nor much skin left, but was walking. He died three days later... had been suffering from depression. I got an ambulance via railway track gang and their phone. Not very nice waiting with him for 15 minutes. He just wanted water, but all I could was say, "You'll be OK"... I got him comfortable, in the circumstances, on my coat, which I could not wear for weeks...
I thought in the second clip the driver wasn't visible....?
The good news is that the driver only suffered minor burns to his hands &, in his own words, 'loss of facial hair'! It's amazing just what can be survived with modern safety equipment - one of the marshals who was first on the scene said that the thought going through his mind as he ran to the incident was 'I'm going to a fatal crash'.
I didn't see the actual crash, so I was wondering why two of my incident team, who could see what had happened, picked up their bottles & ran 100 metres or so; when I saw the aftermath I knew they had done the right thing.
It's incidents like this that make me proud to be a marshal; it also brings home to us all just what dangers we face.
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