Pinetown crash...... :(

[Banelight]

Hi guys,

not sure if this is posted somewhere.....but this is so sad...

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...dency-20130905

and somehow...we have footage of this... WARNING : Not for faint hearted...although you dont really see the people, you see the accident happening...apparently the guy who filmed was on his phone...so was slow in taking off...saved his life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQJ-e2A0qc

So sad...no respect for human life on the roads....its getting out of hand...!

[James]

PINETOWN DRIVER ARRESTED

The driver of the truck that crashed into four minibus taxis and a car in Field's Hill, Pinetown, has been arrested, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday.

"He has been charged with culpable homicide, and reckless and negligent driving," said Colonel Vincent Mdunge.

"The details of the accident are still being investigated, so we cannot draw any conclusions at this stage."

Twenty-seven people were killed in Thursday evening's accident; 24 died on the scene and three others in hospital, he said.

KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Willies Nchunu's spokesman Kwanele Ncalane, said the driver was being held at the Pinetown police station.

Nchunu would also ask prosecutors to check whether it was possible to also have the transport company charged, said Ncalane.

KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate spokeswoman Zinhle Mngomezulu said on Thursday evening that the Pinetown accident occurred when the brakes failed on the truck belonging to Evergreen Transport.

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has ordered a high-level investigation into the crash and will visit the accident scene on Friday morning.

The accident occurred when the articulated truck hit four fully-laden taxis and a Volkswagen Golf on the corners of Fields Hill (M13) and Richmond roads in Pinetown shortly before 7pm.


Source : Sapa

[GlacieredPyro]

I just saw the vid on fleisbook. It's insane.

Alos must have a dashcam now...

[Banelight]

yeah hectic shit....

As for gunning for orange robot...doubt it...light was green for about 5 seconds before the truck came thru there....

I have seen the vid so many times...as Im the only one with youtube access as IT

[Hamster]

Heard an ex-truck driver comment on the radio this morning that a lot of these accidents happen because truck drivers aren't trained properly. Apparently they do not use their gearbox for engine braking but use their brakes, which heat up, become useless and are not at your disposal when you really need them.

Very sad though.

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What is also sad are the comments on that video. Why people feel the need to start a "religious" war there nobody knows. So fekking WHAT if the woman commented a prayer. What is it to you you fekking chop!

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[ViperGTI]

I hope they charge the transport company as well... Put them out of business as a cautionary tale to others.

[Hamster]

I hope they charge the transport company as well... Put them out of business as a cautionary tale to others.

If the company has a history with crashes. Else why put a whole company out of business and people out of jobs because one idiot can't drive.

[Ike_009]

I hope they charge the transport company as well... Put them out of business as a cautionary tale to others.

But this is one guy, why should hundreds of people lose their jobs because one guy stuffed up. You can get them into the case to claim damages but you can't kill a company from this and place countless families on the street from this.

Maybe if the company negligently failed those people by knowingly placing an unroadworthy truck on the road then we can start calling for their end but we can't say that's true yet.

[Banelight]

Just head on radio that the truck license was expired.....smells like negligence on a few fronts...

[Clive Woofer]

Holy crap, that video is horrible. This story just ruined my day.

The thing I don't quite understand is why didn't anyone see the truck coming? I don't know what the right side of the intersection looks like, but I've made a habit of always checking both left and right before I pull away at a traffic light. Unless the truck was simply obscured from view until it was too late or something.

The sad part is this won't change anything. Truck drivers simply do not give a crap about other road users. It seems many of them make a game out of endangering other people on the road. I've been in multiple situations where truck drivers indicate to me that I can pass them, just for me to almost get hit by traffic coming from the front. I don't trust them at all nowadays.

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Just head on radio that the truck license was expired.....smells like negligence on a few fronts...

If that's true, it probably means the truck was not declared roadworthy either, so I sincerely hope the company is hit with giant fines.