Probably the worst accident I've ever seen

[rt green]

wow. thats all i can muster

[404NOTFOUND]

One moment you're living, thinking about what you have to do this week, the next moment you're dead.

Reminds me of a story...

"The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."

-Told by Jesus as recorded by Luke

I thought this forum was not supposed to have politics and religion? Oh, I guess christian scripture is exempt?

Is God's word considered "religion"?

[Mike DC]

  
A lot of churches are built on teaching God's word from the bible.  
If that isn't "religion" then we've been giving a lot of tax exemptions for those churches in error.  


But religion or not, Christianity permeates this culture.  No need to make a stink about the occasional bible verse in conversation IMHO.

[Fred]

Oh my God! I'm speechless. What a nightmare.

[greenpigs]

Co worker forwarded it to me about 2 weeks ago. All four of us just couldn't believe how quick it fragmented.

Yes we all watched at least one person die, I hope no kids were inside.

[bull]

Wow. Yea, I bet death wasn't on the agenda but there's really no way to control the time or place.

Speaking of time or place, when/where did this happen? I'm curious how many people died (assuming they did). I've seen many police videos that looked very bad and I would swear someone must have died only to find out there were "only minor inuries" and the people walk away.

[daveco]

This is from the comments section for the video on YouTube:

"The accident took place on the М-7 road in the Petushinski District, Vladimirskaya Region in Russia on February 24, 2012.
                     The driver of Nissan Navara died instantly, he was the only person in the SUV"

Found these video grabs on another site.

[Indygenerallee]

I thought it must have been in another country because the peoples speech sounded like gibberish, So is that suppose to be a pic of Nissan flying through the air?? kinda looks like a person i suppose, terrible. When is this gonna be on "1000 ways to die" (My 4 year old daughter loves that show) we drive by the graveyard and she says my great grandpa maesch is there he was a old man (91 when he passed) Good for kids to know about death at a early age, no need hiding the ineveitable from them.

[charger Downunder]

Thats bad

[chargd72]

Is that the drivers seat flying thru the air in those stills?  Very sad, bud glad it was one person and not an entire family.

[rarefish]

So many people die everyday on the roads and for most of the time, when it is local you read about in a small article in the 2nd page of your newspaper. Usually it has little impact on you or how you might approach your driving. When you actually see or witness it happening. Then the horrific reality of peoples lives being wiped out in a instant makes you think a little more.
When it comes to vehicle accidents there are usually three causes. Driver error, mechanical failure and weather conditions. The one that causes most accidents is the one you have the most control over and that is driver error. You can't control the other guy, but you can reduce your own risk by applying good driving habits and being on the watch out for that other guy.  I know this sound like a lecture, but it is pretty much what I told my two kids when they first started driving...

[440]

Yikes, that looks like a person flying out on the left of the still shots

[FJ5WING]

if the steel vehicle is disintegrated why would you guys think a human body would be exiting out of the carnage? That man is in just as many pieces as his Nissan.
I wonder how the big trucks driver fared? that thing took some heavy heat too.

[ACUDANUT]

There is no guy flying out of the vehicle.   The only thing flying is a vehicle with alot of plastic on it.

[Mike DC]

   
I still can't believe the SUV came apart so completely from that impact. 

Even if the truck crunched the shit out of it, it should still be a wadded-up SUV, not a million pieces.  We're normally pretty impressed with the severity of the impact when a vehicle ends up in 2 large halves, never mind this kind of scattering. 

Could it be due to reduced foreign crash standards? 

   

[Old Moparz]

That was nasty. 

About a month ago I was heading north on the NYS Thruway. Clear day, no rain, dry pavement & traffic was light & moving at about 70 MPH. This stretch of road was 2 lanes each side with a large grass median in the center that was at least 100 feet wide. About 10 to 12 car lengths in front of me, I watched a small car drifting from the left lane to the right lane where there was a SUV. I kept thinking that this guy would catch his mistake but when he crossed the white broken lines I knew what was going to happen.

I had already let off the gas to get more distance between us when the car hit the SUV. The SUV driver kept it under control, but the driver in the car over compensated & went left sideways. The car did the exact same thing that the black SUV did in the video but since there was a grass median & no oncoming traffic adjacent to us he ended up in the grass. He did manage to keep the car upright & straight, but twice it went back & forth & I thought it was going to roll sideways when the car leaned.

Accidents can happen, but people can be their own worst enemies behind the wheel & probably cause more accident doing something stupid than anything else. Driving too fast in bad weather, texting, falling asleep, drinking, etc. Sometimes when I see this crap I think it's just safer to stay home.

[Dino]

Sometimes when I see this crap I think it's just safer to stay home.

That's how I feel, but then you slip on your favorite hoodie and go out to get some skittles and before you know it....

[73rallye440magnum]

Sometimes when I see this crap I think it's just safer to stay home.

That's how I feel, but then you slip on your favorite hoodie and go out to get some skittles and before you know it....

Too soon?

[Dino]

Sometimes when I see this crap I think it's just safer to stay home.

That's how I feel, but then you slip on your favorite hoodie and go out to get some skittles and before you know it....

Too soon?

Yeah probably.  Not trying to make fun of that particular situation, just stating that safety is pretty much an illusion.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Wow that was nasty! I couldn't watch it on the work pc..........I witnessed a 20 or so foot trailer go over the cement median in front of me and get smashed by a transport on the 401 near woodstock ontario about 10 years ago and it happened in a flash.

[mpdlawdog]

wow....I've been a police officer for 15 years and stuff like that still gets to me!  I've been on my fair share of fatal and bad injury accidents.....never get over it.....people dont realise they are in control of a 2 ton bomb driving down the road and it only takes one screw up to kill you or someone else. 

We had a similar accident some years ago....drunk 23 year old female went across the median and hit a semi head on...yea there is no way that is the drivers seat or a person flying out of that van....they are in pieces seen what happens first hand   

[bull]

Remember this one? The guy lived through it somehow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPjC1Ek7vA

[Bobs69]

One moment you're living, thinking about what you have to do this week, the next moment you're dead.

Reminds me of a story...

"The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."

-Told by Jesus as recorded by Luke

There is a positive message in there somewhere.   Thanks for sharing.

[UFO]

Any bets that the cruise control was set.
Know a few people who found out that bad weather and cruise don't mix.
Luckily all they did was a few donuts.

[chargermike]

living in colorado. we get a lot of bad wreaks when it snows. this is what i tought my girls and wife...4 WHEEL DRIVE MEANS 4 WHEEL SLIDE. so many people think that 4 wheel drive gives you more traction. it dont give that much more. most wreaks  involve 4 wheel drives. been drivin in mountain snow my whole life.  slow down and arrive alive.