The driver of a car that rolled and crashed into a barrier has received assistance from several drivers.
On Tuesday, dash-cam video of the incident was posted to the Facebook page for “Dash Cam Owners Australia.”
The footage, which was shot on a road in the Glendale neigh
borhood of Lake Macquarie, close to Newcastle, New South Wales, showed the moment the driver lost control of the car before it crashed into a traffic barrier and rolled on the busy street.
Concerned drivers can be seen pulling over and running up to the driver to provide assistance.
The driver who recorded the video can be heard shouting, “What the f***… ah God,” before getting out of their car to investigate the scene more.
The front passenger door of the vehicle is eventually opened by bystanders, allowing the river to exit safely.
I hope everyone in the car is ok. Other drivers have responded quite well…
Someone left a comment on the post saying, “Hopefully one of them was quick to call an ambulance.”
Another person said, “So many people are there to help in seconds…this is why I adore Australia!”
However, some people utilized the clip to point fingers at others for poor driving habits.
One individual observed that it was “amazing how a dozen people run over, leaving their cars parked in the middle of the road, and then half of them stand meters away talking to each other.”
“Move your cars out of the road to stop any further trouble.
“Get out of the way if you’re not actively assisting or calling for help.
How do you make a right turn and then keep turning until you reach a fence?
One commenter wrote, “If the fence wasn’t there, this individual would’ve also took out a few automobiles.”
The event reminded me of one in Perth where a woman tried to cross two lanes to enter a mall but crashed into another car instead.
After her insurer asked the victim to cover the damage, she made a decision that caused controversy.
In an attempt to make a right turn from the far left lane, the driver turned directly into the path of a ute that was passing, scattering pieces of her bumper and headlights over the ute’s bonnet.
On July 6, the tragedy happened in the center of Western Australia’s Great Eastern Highway.
The fact that the offending driver’s automobile sustained the majority of the damage and the ute appeared to be relatively unharmed is credit to the ute’s structural resilience, especially in light of the demolished front end of the turning SUV.
The angry ute driver, however, posted video of the collision on the Dash Cam Owners Australia social media page after receiving a letter from the SUV’s insurance provider in the mail.
The SUV driver allegedly admitted that she was trying to go to the Midland Shopping Centre from the farthest lane and hadn’t seen the ute coming up behind it at the time of the collision, according to the ute driver.