P38A ONE LESS P38 IN THE WORLD

YOREVOL · Jul 28, 2015

P38 drove into a garage on penistone road huddersfield yesterday.
not a problem you'd think, but it hit the dividing wall causing the roof to collapse on the driver. apparantly the driver had a sneezing fit. the car veered across the other lane of traffic before hitting the garages.
hope it was noone on here.

tomcat59alan · Jul 28, 2015

Oh bless him, Photo's? did the car roof hold up?

Hope he's ok

YOREVOL · Jul 28, 2015

photos are on the huddersfield examiner website.

Pete The Biker · Jul 28, 2015

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/drivers-coughing-fit-ends-spectacular-9737230

Thor1950 · Jul 28, 2015

Coughing so she says

brianp38dse · Jul 28, 2015

Shame looks like it was in tidy condition before that.

ukadamwest · Jul 28, 2015

Looks like that P38 met its Waterloo!

YOREVOL · Jul 29, 2015

Thor1950 said:
Coughing so she says

she was a he! i watched the paramedics stretcher him out of the rear window.

tomcat59alan · Jul 29, 2015

YOREVOL said:
she was a he! i watched the paramedics stretcher him out of the rear window.

It looks like a he, in drag.

tomcat59alan · Jul 29, 2015

Wonder if he want to sell his wheels? pm me if he's a forum member.

Grrrrrr · Jul 29, 2015

A bit of compound and that garage will buff right out.

ukadamwest · Jul 29, 2015

I noticed the emergency services elected to bust the rear window and wrestle the driver out through window space, rather than press the boot release and open the tailgates to have more space to work with

Grrrrrr · Jul 29, 2015

Maybe the battery was goosed when it hit or his arm had locked everything.

SpanishTony · Jul 29, 2015

Tailgate probably didn't work.....

ukadamwest · Jul 29, 2015

Grrrrrr said:
Maybe the battery was goosed when it hit or his arm had locked everything.

They would have had to have electrics to move the seat to remove the driver backwards. otherwise it would do more damage than just opening the door

ukadamwest · Jul 29, 2015

SpanishTony said:
Tailgate probably didn't work.....

Are you saying that the electrics on a Land Rover can be sketchy ??

Away with you, heretic !!!

odyssey · Jul 29, 2015

A bit weird this, doesn't look like the airbags activated, and seems to be enough room to get the drivers door open to extract a coughing person. I would guess - given the position of the impact that the battery was smashed, so no power for the tailgate catches. Or, maybe one of the emergency services used to own a RR and had a bad experience and was getting his revenge. . .

A

Grrrrrr · Jul 29, 2015

ukadamwest said:
They would have had to have electrics to move the seat to remove the driver backwards. otherwise it would do more damage than just opening the door

If they smashed the window they probably just snipped the back off the seat. I think the doors must all have been locked.

tomcat59alan · Jul 29, 2015

ukadamwest said:
I noticed the emergency services elected to bust the rear window and wrestle the driver out through window space, rather than press the boot release and open the tailgates to have more space to work with

Better than cutting the roof off I suppose.

ukadamwest · Jul 29, 2015

odyssey said:
A bit weird this, doesn't look like the airbags activated, and seems to be enough room to get the drivers door open to extract a coughing person. I would guess - given the position of the impact that the battery was smashed, so no power for the tailgate catches. Or, maybe one of the emergency services used to own a RR and had a bad experience and was getting his revenge. . .

A

I think it's an SOP now to remove anyone from an RTA on a spinal board. Probably the Emergency services are petrified of a compo claim for injury.

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