This photo sends a chill down my spine whenever I look at it. So I choose not to look at it, mostly. I spotted these mangled remains of the car in 2004, while on Bannerghatta Road on some shopping errand. What got the goosebumps to bump up was seeing that the front of the car had been so completely mangled up, like it had been run through some giant pounding machine. I can only imagine with dread the accident that would have caused a sturdy car like the Ambassador (Wikipedia link) to be so crushed and mangled. And what about the driver and occupants? Chances of anyone surviving such a horrific accident are slim, to say the least.So who are the idiots here? Knowing how accidents happen on Indian roads, one can surmise the possible candidates:
- Speeding. By someone.
- Drunk driving.
- Driving on the wrong side of the road.
- Running an intersection at high speed. This crash looks more like a side impact, judging by the second photo, so a severe side-swipe cannot be ruled out.
- Driver falling asleep.
- Slippery road conditions.
- Mechanical failure.
- Animals on road, causing the driver to lose control or hit an animal that sends the car careening out of control.
Take your pick. There may or may not have been an idiot here, but chances that one or more were indeed involved.The light brown facade in the background is that of an apartment complex - Mantri Paradise I believe. There is a "Fabmall" department store also visible in the background. The chain went bust a few years ago, and was bought over by the Aditya Birla Group and rebranded as "More".
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