THE TYPE OF CRASH YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY: Bakkie sent flying, crashes into Durban house

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THE TYPE OF CRASH YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY: Bakkie sent flying, crashes into Durban house
News, Accidents, Robberies & Incidents | ER24 Paramedics

2 July 2015 - KwaZulu Natal: A car has flown off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa’s coastal city Durban, emergency services firm ER24 says.

The driver said he drove over a ramp, and this led him to crash into the house in Kwamakhutha township, it said. He escaped injury, while a person sleeping in a room next to the one where the car landed was also unhurt, ER24 added.

“It’s really kind of miraculous,” ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw said. South Africa has a high fatality rate from road accidents caused mainly by bad driving and alcohol abuse.

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WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN IN SA?

ER24 reported: "One person sleeping in the house was woken by the car falling into the house. The cause of this incident is not unknown."

Arrive Alive editor Johan Jonck said: "What is abundantly clear from these photos is that no vehicle should defy the laws of gravity. If the vehicle had been driven at the appropriate speed and the driver hadn't been reckless, this wouldn't have happened.

"We must be able to adjust our speed to specific conditions - these include road traffic and weather (i.e the mist on the N4)... or possible obstructions on the road such as the 'ramp of some sort' claimed by the driver.

"Driving requires being alert to these conditions and being able to adjust driving style and speed. Such crashes would not occur if that were the case."

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