On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
> My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into
> his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
> inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a
> stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let
> him out a few hours later, more or less intact.
>
> Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it doesn't
> look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has
> more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked
> about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
> write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably
> saved his life.
> http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
>
> Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
> http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
> h.5115560.jp
>Glad to hear your brother was okay. Situations like what happened recently to Natasha Richardson scare the hell out of me, and underscore the need to seek medical help immediately after an accident, especially ones involving a head blow. Who really cares about the car? Your brother's on the mend and that's all that matters. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
