SUV triggers tragedy

[Elroi]

Leg stretching inside SUV triggers Cebu tragedy
02/03/2007 | 10:28 PM

A female driver who stretched her weary legs inside her sports utility vehicle (SUV) that was parked in Mabolo village in Cebu City accidentally stepped on the accelerator, slamming the vehicle into a taxi and a passenger jeep before crashing into a house Friday night, police said Saturday. A woman was killed and two people were injured, police said.

The driver said she was waiting for her friend on L. Tudtud Street when she tried to exercise her legs. The two were on their way for a weekend night-out.

The screeching SUV slammed into a parked taxicab and then a passenger jeep before ramming the house of Zion Gabini. Gabini, who was sleeping inside her house, died in hospital due to severe injuries inflicted by the wayward vehicle.

The injured pedestrians were walking on the street when they were hit by vehicles that went out of control after being struck by the SUV. The driver surrendered to police.

www.gmanews.tv

[istan]

Bat kasi di nya ni-Neutral yun vehicle bago mag stretch ng legs. Hay!

[Elroi]

i assume a/t yung SUV.. pano nangyari ito kung simpleng stretching lang ng legs. one thing is for sure, di sya naka handbrake while parked..

[team_PONGLAI_11]

grabe dami pa nadamay sa pag stretch nya ng paa nya.

[HyBrideVo]

A Case of Human Mistake

[j_avonni]

A case of "uncommon" common sense - not putting the gear into neutral and not applying the hand brakes while parked/stopped.

[Sarsi]

ngayon sa bilibid na lang siya mag uunat ng paa. isama pa ang braso nya

[mazdamazda]

An accident is an accident... sayang lang at may namatay pa. :sad:

[Horsepower]

Stupid girl. It's standard procedure to put your tranny in P or N then footbrake to rest your foot. She would have known it's moving, why didn't she brake instantly?

[bunge]

at least she has the courage to admit her mistake and did not blame the accelerator or the brake of her car.

[boybi]

something's not right. the SUV slammed into two cars first before hitting the house. didn't the lady driver released her foot from the accelerator pedal when the SUV first hit the two cars?

[kinyo]

another case of miscommunication between brain and foot ... similar to the greenhills incident

when she noticed that the vehicle started to move, she instinctively pressed on the "brake pedal" harder which her brain is telling her that's where she stepped on to stretch her leg, unfortunately, her foot is actually on the gas pedal

[Memphis Raines]

Wanna stretch?


Turn the engine off, handbrake, then get outa the car.

By the way, this is one of those freak accidents.

Tsk tsk tsk....

[gearspeed]

something's not right. the SUV slammed into two cars first before hitting the house. didn't the lady driver released her foot from the accelerator pedal when the SUV first hit the two cars?

Oo nga noh.Baka nagpanic na siya nun kaya hindi niya na release paa niya kaagad dun.Kung a/t yan dahandahan pa siya babagal kapag hindi ka na nakatapak sa accelerator.

[Elroi]

something's not right in this accident... too bad meron pang nasaktan at namatay..

sobra lakas naman ng torque ng suv na yun.. bumangga na sa taxi at jeepney, di pa sya nahinto. tinagis pa yung 2 pedestrian, tapos dinapurak pa yung bahay...

[O!lman]

grabe dami pa nadamay sa pag stretch nya ng paa nya.

Napuyat siguro si ***y that night sa kakataas ng legs! Yan ang problema sa babaeng walang pahinga!
Joke lang po!

[CVT]

Ingat lang po tayong lahat. One cannot imagine the repercussions of a simple human mistake.....

1801:fuzzy:

[oldblue]

small built siguro ito girl for her to get stuck with the seats and the accelerator while stretched.

[akal]

hirap isipin. bumangga na sa dalawang sasakyan, then saka sumalpok sa bahay? lakas naman ng SUV, baka hummer. baka siguro pinulikat nung nag stretch, at di na magalaw yung paa pagkaapak sa accelerator. too bad me casualty.

[JagXtrm]

naku, driver error!
same case as the trooper that slammed in makati??