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Car overturned

Mc Love · 2011-08-24 19:57:28

I was driving down the Rosbrien Road this evening and after you pass Old Crescent and the last of the houses there was a Punto overturned, flat on its roof! Complete madness and there didnt look to be any casualties as the driver was standing up beside the car, but thank god there was only one car involved because he must…

24-08-2011 8:57pm

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Mc Love

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I was driving down the Rosbrien Road this evening and after you pass Old Crescent and the last of the houses there was a Punto overturned, flat on its roof!
Complete madness and there didnt look to be any casualties as the driver was standing up beside the car, but thank god there was only one car involved because he must have been doing some speed to roll the car!

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#2 24-08-2011 9:01pm

Owen

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Cars can roll at surprisingly low speeds too.

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#3 24-08-2011 9:04pm

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Owen wrote: »

Cars can roll at surprisingly low speeds too.

This is true,I seen a car overturn in front of me once on a windy road,no hectic speed,think it was a Micra...scared the crap outta me :eek:

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#4 25-08-2011 11:46am

Conor Bourke

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I flipped a car at about 40mph, hopped out without a scratch too! Thankfully that lad was as lucky as me, and nobody else was involved

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