We often say that the road is as fierce as a tiger, overloaded and speeding, and full of dangers.
On Thursday, a serious traffic accident occurred on a county road in Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, when a black sedan lost control and crashed into a truck, resulting in the tragic death of the driver of the truck who was hit, and the driver of the vehicle involved was a male student from China...
The accident occurred at around 2:45 p.m. on August 1, and surveillance cameras near the prefectural road captured what it looked like before the accident. In the afternoon, there were not many cars on the county road, only a few cars passing by, and it was a calm and peaceful summer afternoon.
However, no one expected that the disaster would happen instantly. At 44 minutes and 12 seconds of the video, the sound of emergency braking of the vehicle was suddenly heard, accompanied by a sharp braking sound, a black sedan drove at high speed from the left side of the picture at an unusual speed, instantly overtaking the silver private car in front, rushing into the intersection from the innermost lane, and jumping directly ahead.
This was followed by the sound of brakes mixed with the loud bangs of the crash, and although the camera did not capture the moment of the crash, it did capture the fragments of vehicle parts scattered all over the ground due to the strong impact. You don't need to look at the scene to guess that there was a car accident, and it was not a small bump.
The thrilling moment of the accident that was not captured by the surveillance camera was completely recorded by the dashcam of the vehicle opposite the accident, and the accident scene can be described as "tragic".
Through the video, it can be seen that the runaway black car first crashed into the barrier on the side of the road at a very fast speed, and then the black car that was bounced off by the barrier "flew" into the small truck driving normally in the opposite lane with smoke.
The scene of the accident was chaotic, and the parts knocked out by the two cars were scattered everywhere; The huge impact force caused the black sedan to spin and disappear into the dashcam lens with dust and smoke.
It is not difficult to guess from the "scream" of the brakes all the way that the driver of the black BMW sedan had realized that his driving speed was too dangerous before the accident, but it was useless.
As you can see from the photos at the scene, although the front of the black sedan was smashed, it was obviously much better than the truck, and even the BMW logo on the front of the car could be clearly seen.
On the other hand, the truck hit by the black sedan was simply miserable: the front of the car was completely destroyed, the entire roof was dented, the seats were inserted diagonally, and the steering wheel was badly deformed.
Just looking at the front of the car, I sweated for the driver in the driver's seat, and I didn't dare to think about what kind of heavy damage the driver's body suffered at the moment of the crash.
According to witnesses at the scene, compared to the seriously injured truck driver, the driver of the black BMW did not seem to be injured, and did not look like he was in physical pain at all, just sitting on the side of the road with a wooden look and a depressed person.
But he was slightly injured, and he only cared about himself in a daze, and he didn't even think of rescue, and he didn't take any assistance during the whole process. The 57-year-old truck driver who was hit suffered severe head and chest injuries in the accident and was rushed to the hospital and eventually died.
The police quickly identified the identity of the "daze brother" at the scene of the car accident, Gou, a 23-year-old Chinese student who is currently studying for graduate school at a university in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Looking at the speed at which the BMW was about to take off, you can also know that it is definitely not a standard driving, and netizens can't help but sigh that this speed is either drunk or drunk.
The police later arrested the international student surnamed Gou on suspicion of dangerous driving causing the death of another person, and he also admitted his actions during interrogation, saying that he was indeed responsible for the death of the truck driver.
At present, the specific cause of the accident is still under investigation. But it does not affect the news, and now there is a heated discussion among Chinese and Japanese netizens, and Chinese netizens have blindly guessed: driving a BMW... I'm afraid it's not a young master who was sent out by his family to experience the "suffering of the world".
Some netizens also came out to say that they had driven this lane many times, and there was a convenience store near the place where the accident occurred, so there were often large trucks parked in the innermost lane, and people who were familiar with the road conditions would try to avoid the innermost lane of the black car.
The boy who caused the accident should have noticed a big truck in front of him, and he couldn't slow down and forcibly change lanes.
Compared with cars, Japan netizens pay more attention to how to judge. Most people feel that such vicious traffic accidents should be severely punished regardless of nationality, and it is precisely because of the "tolerance" of Japan law that such accidents continue to occur.
The damage to the BMW was minor, while the cab of the truck was completely flattened because the BMW hit the weaker parts of the truck. In the case of a simple frontal collision, the BMW may hit the frame of the truck, but the damage may be reversed.
I think such an accident would only have happened if the driver of the BMW car kept pressing on the accelerator before rushing to the central barrier, at least if the BMW did not perform effective braking maneuvers. This can be quickly identified by checking the vehicle's electronic control unit (ECU).
It is not possible to understand why he was arrested not as an active offender, but as a suspect. The accident was apparently caused by the unilateral negligence of the driver of the BMW. Even if poor health is considered one of the causes, since he took the life of someone else, he should be severely punished. If it is only a suspended sentence, the punishment is too light for the driver who takes the life of someone else.
For the families of the truck drivers who were killed, the video was extremely unbearable. The heavy parts of the BMW car hit the truck directly.
If the speeding reaches a certain level and results in a fatal accident, the legal punishment should be strengthened.
Judging from this video, it seems that the speed of the vehicle involved in the accident has exceeded the controllable range. In some cases in the past, although speeding was committed, the more severe crime of "dangerous driving causing death and wounding" was not applied, and it may be because of this that such accidents occur frequently.
Looking at this video, the truck driver should have been killed at the moment of the accident, and it felt like he had been attacked suddenly.
The perpetrators should bear the corresponding legal responsibility, and I believe that Japan's road traffic regulations need to be reformed more strictly.
This accident is obviously a case of death and injury caused by dangerous driving, and road traffic laws should be strictly followed from the moment you get into the car.
In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the international student who caused the accident was stunned at the scene of the car accident for the first time, and it is estimated that he should be frightened. But the accident was caused by yourself, so you should take some measures after reacting, even if you call the emergency number...
Of course, if you say a thousand things and ten thousand, he definitely doesn't need to wash the matter of speeding. This psychological quality, driving steadily, is it not good to keep the traffic rules.