Bengaluru: For many residents, seven deaths involving upscale cars came as a surprise.
Fatal accidents involving such vehicles, and it’s also within city limits, it’s rare.
The police categorically said the accident was caused by negligence and because the safety rules were violated.
Among other things, the vehicle carries more people than designed, there is nothing in the car wearing a seat belt and the driver of excess speed, all of which should not, according to experts.
The Five-Seater Audi Q3 35 TDI Quattro, which costs more than Rs 40 Lakh, has a 1968cc diesel engine with at least four airbags, no one is deployed on Tuesday as passengers do not wear seat belts.
In fact, regardless of the driver, which is the only one who occupies a single chair, nothing else can work wearing a belt because six of them are crammed in four seats.
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if the seat belt is not worn, the car thinks that no passengers and airbags are not deployed.
In some models, the driver’s airbag is deployed to the impact of the accident, even if he does not wear a seat belt.
We must see what specifically happens in This case, “said Nikil Jonathan, a car expert.
St John’s hospital, who handled all seven victims, said they were taken dead.
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Raghavendra R, Associate Professor, Forensic Department of Medical at Medical College Hospital, told Toi: “They all suffer blunt force injuries, which are caused when someone comes into a wide and hard surface.
There are several consistent injuries seen in the chest, stomach , limbs and heads.
They have bleeding in the chest and stomach cavity.
The speed at which moving vehicles must be very high.
“Raghavendra remembered that in a similar accident in 2014, four people sat in four-wheeled vehicles died.
MP Shyam, President, Federation of Car Dealer Associations (Karnataka Chapter), said: “This hasn’t happened in the outskirts of the city or highway / flyover, but in the city center.
I can’t recall such an accident that claims so many lives in the city .
Cars made by Germany, but this incident was mainly due to negligent driving.
“Like the police, even experts feel the driver may be excessive and that it does not wear a seat belt.
“If they wore a seat belt, some lives could be saved.
We asked all passengers to use seabelts,” Shyam said.
Waseem Memon Drive without Borders, an NGO, said most of these accidents within the city limits involved upscale cars.
“In this case, they violate almost all the norms, making it a perfect recipe for disaster.
They are clearly driving above 100kmph and can reach other vehicles or sidewalk residents, endanger other lives,” Memon said.
Santhosh Varghese, a car fan, while showing that the actions of motorized vehicles who are amended to make a seat belt requiring all passengers, say authorities must ensure that everyone must mandate this rule.
“Most top-class cars have four or more airbags.
It is a collision head with a concrete structure at high speed, plus an overloaded vehicle.
So, there is little chance for anyone who survived,” Jonathan added.