Woman And Child Killed By Skyline

[blind_elk]

A woman and her 12 yo daughter were struck and killed by a Skyline (probably GT-R) overnight in Melbourne. There was a considerable amount of damage to the Skyline, so I suspect the driver was hoofing it.

I truly hope it was not one of ours.

[siddr20]

I was readin the paper at work yesterday and they had a 200sx rapped around a pole. Think the driver was instantly killed and passenger seriouisly hurt. I cant remember exact details as i just skimmed the article.

hmm knowing all this, it still wouldnt stop drivers speeding. i guess speeding sometimes isnt the issue. More like taking the risks of putting your foot down at wrong times. Ie around corners or bumpy roads, or if your intenions are actually trying to be stupid..

sigh.. be careful everyone..

Edited June 21, 2006 by siddr20

[eMsta]

ah jeez, not again........

my thoughts go out to the woman and daughter's families

[Blitz]

Just been watching it on Sky news, it appears that it was an R32 GTR.

Terrible news

[jonn]

What you mean is some f****in idiot killed them not the car.

My thoughts to the family involved.

[RBFIRE]

terrible news!!!

sad for the family!

I was readin the paper at work yesterday and they had a 200sx rapped around a pole. Think the driver was instantly killed and passenger seriouisly hurt. I cant remember exact details as i just skimmed the article.

hmm knowing all this, it still wouldnt stop drivers speeding. i guess speeding sometimes isnt the issue. More like taking the risks of putting your foot down at wrong times. Ie around corners or bumpy roads, or if your intenions are actually trying to be stupid..

sigh.. be careful everyone..

I saw this 1,

it was a maroon 200sx S14. Wrapped around a pole, on Hume hwy, Opposite to Liverpool RTA at about 5am in the morning Sunday. Cos i was driving my dad to the air port.

cant recognise the car, until u see the ass 200sx!!! must be doing really fast.

[Bass Junky]

My condolences to the families.

If the driver was being an idiot, I hope he goes to jail for a long time.

Don't be a f**kwit on the roads.

[GTSR22]

my deepest sympathy to the family of the woman and child.

DONT BE A f*kWIT ON THE ROADS

to many people are hurt and killed on our roads each year.

so to everyone please slow down

cheers

[Mavric]

Condolences to the family..

Hope the information of the skyline driver isn’t true and that their is more to the story.. If not you deserve what’s coming....

[eMsta]

Is it for certain that he/she was speeding? I suppose at 8pm, the roads are not that busy, so I guess pedestrians will be easy to spot if they were crossing the roads and no mother would risk crossing the road with her 12 year old child.

I am curious to knwo what happened, cos something similar happened to me as I mentioned in the following thread: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...opic=122524&hl=

[PHATR32]

ye what happened exactly?

did he run them down? did he hit their car?

[blind_elk]

The report was simply that they were pedestrians. There was nothing in the report to suggest that the driver was in any way "at fault" - but as I said, the degree of damage indicates (to me, at least) that the car was travelling at some speed. The windscreen was almost caved in, and the leading edge of the bonnet had been pushed back and up.

I don't believe there is any hard evidence to indicate any act of idiocy or otherwise on the part of either party involved. It may be possible to inflict that level of damage to a R32 travelling at the speed limit. So let's not start slamming the driver for what happened.

And actually, it was only the mother who died (my bad).

[Wink]

Pics here:

http://www.skynews.com.au/story.asp?id=114606

[d00dz]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19550929-1702,00.html

Some more info

[predator]

bad for everybody.

I guess whether they are culpable depends whether the pedestrians were passing at a designated crossing or not. If the driver was speeding, it's a different story.

[paulr33]

whilst i do feel sympathy for them its no different to:

dad and son walk across street crossing

1984 holden camira hits them both

both deceased.

just because its a skyline hardly changes anything IMHO

[predator]

...fact that it's a skyline doesn't change anything, other than the perception of everybody else that it must have been the car's fault, not the driver Most sensible minded people know that it's the case, but the increasing majority of the 'blamers' in this society it's another story. In the back of their mind they associate "that type of car", with "that sort of person".

[TracidTrax]

What i dont understand is y people jump out infront of cars, is it really worth saving a few seconds and trying to cross the road while there is a car coming directly at u

[adznight]

whilst i do feel sympathy for them its no different to:

dad and son walk across street crossing

1984 holden camira hits them both

both deceased.

just because its a skyline hardly changes anything IMHO

You're right but being a Skyline forum we are gonna talk about it Differnce is you are far less likley to fang an sh|t box camira than a skyline. You can't say that's not the truth.

Sick of hearing story's like this, far to many FU(KWITS in cars on the road. I hope they rot in jail. So often I see young wa#kers in fast cars eager to show how big their wang is, not even considering what might happen. Sad really. When will people learn.

[dangerous_daveo]

What i dont understand is y people jump out infront of cars, is it really worth saving a few seconds and trying to cross the road while there is a car coming directly at u

Thats right as its a hell of a lot easier to stop walking than it is a 1600kg car at the speedlimit.

All I can say is lucky it was outside of a hospital, the girl might not still be fighting otherwise. (assuming it was their time and it was going to happen anyway...)

and to everyone please do a defencive driving course if you havent done one. They do teach you what to do in these situations to try and avoid them, or at least reduce injury. They work.