My father said the events unfolded so fast that the vehicle was hanging by the cliff and hit the tree before he could even touch the brake pedal.
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The location of both these accidents is Almora-Pithoragarh Road, Uttarakhand. For those who do not know, this is a narrow, steep road post Nainital.
All these pictures are from April 2024 and September 2024.
First accident
The Brown Duster was being driven by my father; he is a very sedate driver. The speed at impact was 48kmph as per the GPS device.
As my father recounts the event, there was a small laptop bag that my father keeps on the second row secured to the seatbelt but this time, he just kept it on the front left seat, on a tight left corner, he steered the vehicle left, at the same time the bag moved towards the right, my father for a second tried to put the bag back in its position and the accident happened.
He said the events unfolded so fast that the car was hanging by the cliff and hit the tree before he could even touch the brake pedal.
I REQUEST ALL THE PEOPLE NOT TO KEEP ANY FLYING PROJECTILES, these things do make a difference.
Second accident
The second instance was on 28 September, 2024. I was on my way back to Delhi from my home, barely 60 kms away from my home. An ITBP truck, a Tata 1613SE, when he decided to take a right turn (the truck’s perspective) as if he was driving in a left-hand drive country.
This accident happened at about 30kmph, please note that this was one of the widest sections of this road and there was plenty of space for the truck to pass, I have been driving our own Tata 1212 on this route with even 15 tonnes of load during the rains, sand gets heavier due to water.
Result: The ITBP driver accepted his fault and I did not make any claim given these guys work hard for this country and the damage to my vehicle was mostly cosmetic, the car was still driveable and did complete the trip to Delhi in same condition, except for the bent steel spare that I was using that day.
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