Nth East Road Car Accident

[Member 1633]

From news.com.au:

"In the second accident, a Ford Falcon XR6 driver was critically injured after smashing into a power pole on North East Road, St Agnes, in the city's north-east, around 1.30am (CST).

The 21-year-old northern suburbs man, the only occupant of the car, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with critical head and leg injuries.

Investigators say speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash."

What a mess - this blue XR6 which was apparently driving ~ 180kmh completely wiped out the stobie pole, 60kmh sign, TT's flag pole and the front/Customer Service gates to St Agnes depot. Yesterday morning three large pieces of the car were left on the footpath by the depot. If anyone has pictures feel free - and if anyone heads past the depot that is why there is temporary fencing!

[Obi Wan Kenobi]

Ironic that he wiped out a 60 km/h sign

I have no symapthy whatsoever for these idiots.

[Hank2007]

Come on guys, is this really relevant to bus enthusiasts?

[super_train]

what does this have to do with buses???? unless there was a bus involved i think nothing hey???
lol

[TT]

Part of a bus depot wiped out?

[LowRider]

Alrighty, I happen to have some pictures of the debris. From surveying the scene it appears the driver came unstuck on all the loose mud/dirt on the left lane of North East Rd and came off, just skimmed the stobie post at the entrance to the depot (ironically those gates are always locked anyway) and made a mess of the pole. I will have to dispute news.com.au's claim that he hit the power pole as it looked very undamaged, didn't even look like it had a mark in the rust on it.

The following pictures were taken about 8.30am yesterday before all the debris was cleaned up. By 2pm Torrens Transit had already erected temporary fencing around the damaged fence line. Anyway, here are the pictures:

[Willie]

And you wonder why there are some many road deaths.

Thanks for sharing those pictures Low_rider.

[LTB_Enterprises]

Darwinism in action, no sympathy from me. That part of North East Road is a favoured hooning spot at nights, just a matter of time til one of the f-wits came unstuck.

[LowRider]

Whats shocking there is the door that is facing the wrong way and was on the ground still latched in to the B-Pillar and a portion of the sill is actually the drivers door, it got sheared clean off.

[Member 1633]

Re the power pole, the power pole there now is new - the damaged one was completely grounded and was replaced at 7am Saturday.

[Hank2007]

Yeah OK, so it's sort of bus related.

[Chadwick]

From news.com.au:

"In the second accident, a Ford Falcon XR6 driver was critically injured after smashing into a power pole on North East Road, St Agnes, in the city's north-east, around 1.30am (CST).

The 21-year-old northern suburbs man, the only occupant of the car, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with critical head and leg injuries.

Investigators say speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash."

What a mess - this blue XR6 which was apparently driving ~ 180kmh completely wiped out the stobie pole, 60kmh sign, TT's flag pole and the front/Customer Service gates to St Agnes depot. Yesterday morning three large pieces of the car were left on the footpath by the depot. If anyone has pictures feel free - and if anyone heads past the depot that is why there is temporary fencing!

I was the driver that night. Almost 14 years ago. I was 21 and just lost my son he was still born. I was not in a good way. It was a terribly irresponsible thing to do. I now bare scars of that night. And will always live in pain

[gunzel42]

From news.com.au:

"In the second accident, a Ford Falcon XR6 driver was critically injured after smashing into a power pole on North East Road, St Agnes, in the city's north-east, around 1.30am (CST).

The 21-year-old northern suburbs man, the only occupant of the car, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with critical head and leg injuries.

Investigators say speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash."

What a mess - this blue XR6 which was apparently driving ~ 180kmh completely wiped out the stobie pole, 60kmh sign, TT's flag pole and the front/Customer Service gates to St Agnes depot. Yesterday morning three large pieces of the car were left on the footpath by the depot. If anyone has pictures feel free - and if anyone heads past the depot that is why there is temporary fencing!

I was the driver that night. Almost 14 years ago. I was 21 and just lost my son he was still born. I was not in a good way. It was a terribly irresponsible thing to do. I now bare scars of that night. And will always live in pain

That is a gutsy post Chadwick, respect to you for admitting your fault and condolences to you for the loss of your son at the time which I have no doubt causes you a far deeper pain than the pain from your injuries.