3 Doctors Killed in E92 crash

[dzuljazz2001]

Sleepiness is usually the cause of highway crashes, especially crashes into trailers parked in the emergency lane. On a long drive, the brain goes from beta waves (alert) to alpha waves (relaxed) to theta waves (first stage of sleep) Eyelids get heavy and half close. Haven't we all felt it before - drifting into sleep for a micro-second? Happens most when driving in the after-lunch period and wee hours of the night.

This drift from alpha to theta to alpha brain activity is the time when the brain is driving by focusing on a reference point, eg the lights of the vehicle ahead, not on the road surface. It drives you toward the lights, and you're not awake enough to realise that the vehicle ahead is parked in the emergency lane. This kind of accidents happen often, and mostly at night.

:top:I cannot help but agree with you more Schwepps. I had a few close calls myself and had been very2 lucky to escape unscathed but will not push it too much. Nowadays I will stop and take a quick nap :sleep: before continuing my long journey .....its just not worth it.:stupid:

 

[Schwepps]

It happens to me too, Dzul. But understanding the causes helps you counter it. BTW, this is also the brain state that hypnotists try to put you into, so that they can suggest things to your sub-conscious. At night, you are literally like a firefly drawn to the lights if you fall into that state.

I can tell you more about how the night makes your brain produce the hormone melatonin to get you to theta wave state, but you guys probably think I'm wierd already.

 

[MSport]

Quote by Jeremy Clarkson : "Speed does not kill, it's that stationary thing".

 

[fabianyee]

Quote by Jeremy Clarkson : "Speed does not kill, it's that stationary thing".

Nah, he said this : "Speed does not kill, it's suddenly stopping that gets you"

 

[Schwepps]

In the UK, if there's anything stationary on a highway, they'll close that whole section of highway until it's removed. They even close highways if a repair crew is working on the highway. This causes massive jams on B-roads and many missed meetings/flights.

 

[MSport]

I stand corrected. Thanks.

 

[bimmerdude]

and what was the lorry doing being there since sunday afternoon? WHAT was the highway crew/authorities doing??

the whole road safety education system needs to be overhauled. so many lives already lost to these kinds of mishaps which are totally preventable.

 

[guccilicious]

3 Doctors Dead, 1 Survived with Serious Injuries on a E93

Kota Kinabalu: Four people, including three government doctors, were killed while 18 passengers suffered injuries when a luxury sports car and a bus collided near a traffic light in Tanjung Aru, early Saturday.

Dr Prem Sastigan a/l Ganadas from Johor, 26, Dr Wong Wai Choong (Kuala Lumpur), 28, Dr P Bavani a/p Phary (Terengganu), 26, and Jemalyn Alvarez, 32, a Filipina bus passenger, died on the spot in the 12am tragedy.

A fourth doctor, Jaya Lakshmi, 25, from Kuala Lumpur, survived with serious injuries. The bodies of Prem, Bavani and Choong were claimed by families and relatives.

All the doctors were serving in the Likas Hospital, here. City Police Chief, ACP Ahmad Sofi Zakaria, said the four doctors aged between 26 and 28 were heading to Tanjung Aru from the city in a BMW335i Convertible.

"The car, however, lost control and rammed into a bus in front of it, which was carrying 25 passengers. Three people travelling in the car died while their friend sustained serious injury.

"A woman bus passenger was also killed. Eighteen passengers suffered injuries and all victims were sent to hospital for treatment," he said, Saturday.

It was learnt that the bus was sending Port View Seafood Village workers home. Its General Manager, Joseph Lim, said the bus would normally send workers to Likas and Inanam. According to Mariam, 45, a passenger, she heard a loud bang and realised that the bus had been hit.

The impact caused the bus to overturn and land on its side. The BMW car turned turtle, trapping the four doctors inside. A Fire and Rescue team managed to pull out all victims about 1.30am.-- Courtesy of Daily Express

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i saw the car in puspakom this afternoon, it is very terrifying, the blood stain n the smell are still there, all airbag are exploded but still cant save thier life. :stoned:

ok my post has moved here, its ok, but still i have to emphasize it is E93, not E92, that is the reason caused them die, a convertible that flip over. heres one more pic to update

 

[afifazhanee]

There's already a thread regarding this accident.

 

[bmw7833]

Clear pic compare with the thread before.

 

[pussy]

this thread is merged with the other thread.

funny, first post is this...hmmnn...

 

[Schwepps]

Notice the cracked rear rim? Couldn't have happened from the roll because the mudguard is undented. Wonder if it was rim failure causing catastrophic blowout...

 

[astroboy]

The rear seat roll protection bars were raised above the rear head rest level... still.. haisss...

 

[E46Fanatic]

Notice the cracked rear rim? Couldn't have happened from the roll because the mudguard is undented. Wonder if it was rim failure causing catastrophic blowout...

Looks like the cracked wheel was caused by impact on an object. Notice the alignment of the wheel is off. Whether it was before or during the actual impact with the bus is hard to say. Interesting to see the rear safety roll over protection bars worked. My guess is that it probably saved the life of the surviving passenger. Front passenger side was likely where the impact with the bus was. Shock tower housing totally collapsed so did the A pillar.

I'm in the opinion that a sedan and coupe is still much safer than a convertible. Sedans and coupes have strong B pillars, C pillars and curtain airbags which verts lack.

 

[Schwepps]

Could be, but the mudguard and entire rear panel were pristine. What could have cracked off a piece of alloy rim like that?

Convertibles are for cruising down boulevards and esplanades, not serious high speed driving, so why fit a twin-turbo engine to one? :stupid:

 

[E46Fanatic]

Could be, but the mudguard and entire rear panel were pristine. What could have cracked off a piece of alloy rim like that?

Magnified the pic of the cracked wheel, and there was specific mud/soil stains localized where the area of the crack was. The car turned turtle on the side of the road in the grassy soil area on the opposite lane. Both driver front wheel and driver side rear cracked wheels have a lot of soil/mud stains, meaning the car could have hit the bus, then spun, then going off the road, where the wheels transitioned from tarmac to soil, impact on the soil area, thereafter flipping over.

 

[Schwepps]

If grass verge, or even tarmac, can crack off a chunk of BMW M rim, then might as well use cheap imi rims lor.

 

[E46Fanatic]

If grass verge, or even tarmac, can crack off a chunk of BMW M rim, then might as well use cheap imi rims lor.

Well, another way to look at it, is that the wheel certainly absorbed the kinetic energy which otherwise would have been transferred to other parts of the car/suspension area. Not that it mattered in this case tho...

Then again, you are right. The 225m wheels have a history of .... cracking under normal driving as well!! But the cracking has always been near the barrel area not at the edge of the face of the wheel as in this case.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/10/bmw_alloy_wheels.html

 

[affan66]

wah.. CSI.....

 

[astroboy]

..... The 225m wheels have a history of .... cracking under normal driving as well!! But the cracking has always been near the barrel area not at the edge of the face of the wheel as in this case...

Yes, the 225m wheels cracking is always at the inner edge, facing the axle. The inner lip suffer more stress due the 1.3 degree negative camber of the rear wheel. Not the outer lip.