Accident on the Beetham (Pics on PG2)

[foss]

R.I.P.. my condolences to your family

[BlueIce]

Are the cameras in use? I hope they catch that sob

condolences to her family

[- Rovin's car audio -]

condolences ....

[hustla_ambition101]

purple almeras not too common so every one should be on the lookout. Since school close and traffic free up the kant driving get worse though

[AutoSport]

and yet people opposed to the use of cameras, speed guns etc
we need some deadly traffic laws and enforcement

And now in light of the callous person who caused this, having left the scene,
we now have to depend on the same cameras to pull back info. and go after them.

[Yorkshirelass]

So sorry to hear this. Our prayers are with you Shelford and family at this time.

[Stephon.]

yet people continue to speed...

[Shango_13]

think we broke the all time road fatality in tnt history today.

[turbohead]

man i was listening to radio on work an hearing about this accident, sry to hear about it. it really have some stupid idiots drivin on the west bound on mornings. condolences to the family. hope that the driver is found.

[TRDcorolla]

rip and condolences to shelford ....this morning my mom was right behind them both going to work.....i drive a car like hers and the space between the back seat and the rear windscreen is so small to fly out of....its really horrible to think about

[Midnight_Demon]

PICS BELONG TO Imtiaz Seepersad

[cinco]

holy shikies
RIP condolences to the family

[TRD12]

RIP and condolences to the family..........A truly supportive mother, wife, friend and overall great person. Hold strong Daryll, ur mom will always be remembered for the gem she was.

[Trini Hookah]

my goodness

RIP and condolences to Husband & family

[TeamH2O]

Almera better be caught soon.

RIP, sad to hear

[3stagevtec]

WHAT AN IMPACT!! and what's really sad was that she was wearing her seat belt too..

It's so unfortunate, but it looks like the flip is what really done her in as the front end is relatively intact..

Condolences to the family..

[aidan]

dam. that's real sad. RIP Pamela. i hope they catch the almera driver asap!

[ruffneck_12]

wtf @ the pic

R.I.P. and my deepest sympathies

[M_2NR]

holy sheit... May she RIP.
My condolences to the family.

Really wish they find that purple Almera and make a GOOD example out of whoever it is.

[noshownogo]

Sick to my stomach to read how this played out for an innocent unsuspecting life to be taken. If anyone can provide more details about the Almera, kindly do so.

Can we assume that the purple Almera would have left front damage from clipping the Celica right rear? If so, let us please look out for a purple Almera attempting to be discretely repaired.

Have a couple friends with bodywork garages I will forward the info on to.

[Greypatch]

that car is really facked up

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

My condolences and prayers go out the the Robinson's.
Cant say I've seen too many Purple Almera's, shouldn't be difficult to find the culprit.
This is sad.

[Team Loco]

Condolences to Shelford and family. this is indeed shocking and so sad

[devrat]

R.I.P terrible to lose someone due to the utter stupidity of another careless driver. We are all hoping the driver of the Almera is caught but even if they are, there is little chance the family will ever see the appropriate justice delivered.......sad.

[DrunkenMaster16]

RIP...

[TriniVdub]

Seems like Toyota should have another lawsuit on their hands, as I find it quite unbelievable for the entire backrest to fail the way it did as evident in the pics, which in turn led to her unfortunate death. It looks like a mechanical failure within the locking mechanism which I have never seen happen before in any accident.

My prays go out to Mrs. Robinson's family and may she rest in peace.

[MG Man]

actually you'd be surprised how common the seatback failure is, across the board under certain conditions...
Granted the standards are better now than a decade ago, but most seats are still engineered with the force of a body moving forward in mind, more than rearward force.
The tragic thing is this is one of those accidents that the driver simply cannot prevent or avoid......
We did some simulations a while back and demonstrated how easy it is to nudge another vehicle out of your way (PIT Maneuver) at remarkably slow speeds, as what seems to have happened here.....
In our demonstration, I was in the vehicle that was being nudged....and I barely even felt it....all I knew was I suddenly lost all control and the car was moving through 180 degrees........and this was at maybe 20kph
Imagine this at say 40-50 when you don't even expect it

Sad thing is the Almera is probably white by now.......

[cinco]

Seems like Toyota should have another lawsuit on their hands, as I find it quite unbelievable for the entire backrest to fail the way it did as evident in the pics, which in turn led to her unfortunate death. It looks like a mechanical failure within the locking mechanism which I have never seen happen before in any accident.

My prays go out to Mrs. Robinson's family and may she rest in peace.

not to spam this thread but was this a FU vehicle?
the car may have been in an accident prior and the seat back was already compromised seatbelts and seats should be replaced after an accident with NEW units to avoid situations like this

[MG Man]

good point cinco
seatbelts indeed need to be replaced after severe collisions
I had a very old corolla once with welded seatback brackets from a previous collision...........I discovered it while sitting in traffic one day and it started reclining by itself! The whole thing cracked where it was welded and filed down..............but in most cars, there are conditions under whick seat backs can potentially fail, even without prior collision damage
I think this was a very sad case of very bad luck and conditions conspiring against the driver

[Damien]

Coward should be charged for murder drive reckless and kill yuhself not other people and drive off to nah

Rip