Crash in the Outback.! Tourists may lose limbs..
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 at 22:57
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Reply By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 at 23:22
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 at 23:22
Here is a link to the original NT news stroy with a photo:
NT News
Sure is a mess
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Follow Up By: Member - Tour Boy ( Bundy QLD) - Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 07:45
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 07:45
Not good but you have to wonder about the way they
check facts, funny looking ute...looks like a 4 runner or surf.
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Follow Up By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 08:41
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 08:41
Yes it didnt look like a dual cab to me.
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Follow Up By: Member - mazcan - Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:09
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:09
hi
what a mess
looks like a forerunner
how did anyone survive such a crushed and crumpled disaster
it must have landed heavily on it's roof each time it rolled
i doubt it was only doing 100km
looks more like 160km to me
only my honest opinion
hope they all recover
cheers
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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:59
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:59
Definately a Forerunner/Surf, much like the one I saw at 1770 the other week when I was up your way Dave.
Five backpackers in it, roof basket loaded about 500mm high, the load area chockers and overtook me in the hire car and I was sitting on 100kph at the time.
They were doing way more than me and I never caught up ;-))), might even be the same one!
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Follow Up By: Member - Tour Boy ( Bundy QLD) - Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 15:43
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 at 15:43
Probably Peter.
I'll be bringing the old girl
home tomorrow.
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Follow Up By: mat@jiggi - Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:14
Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:14
The girls involved are ok, but very sore. They stayed with us over christmas/new year. One is in Alice hospital and thankfully didnt loose any arms/legs. The other is facing dangerous driving charges and even had to spend a night in the
Tennant Creek lock up. Very lucky.
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Reply By: Mark S (cns) - Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:15
Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:15
Sad to see this sort of thing.... sounds like it may have been loaded to the hilt.
Slightly OT.......
Where's the resident
forum "chief of police" DIO?
I could use a lecture on rights & wrongs again LOL........
(I know he won't contribute to this thread now, as he never repsonds to posts.....!!!!!)
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Reply By: Fatso - Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 15:34
Friday, Apr 23, 2010 at 15:34
Been there done that.
Inexperienced 19 year old driver over correcting while overtaking & end for ending plus a few rolls at 100 kph. 3 hospitalised & driver thrown out of the car & only had a broken nose. I was a month in hospital the others were out in one & two weeks.
The joke was I had only been discharged from hospital a couple of weeks earlier & we were on our way to a party at the nurses quarters. I got to see plenty more of the nurses again.
The model of car was an unrecognisable when it was towed away.
A big difference was that 30 years ago they didn't charge the driver with dangerous driving. I don't even think he got a fine.
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