Anthony Joshua involved in serious car crash

[Don Roque]

It's not looking good for those involved, two dead already. The SUV looks to be in a right state.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1w9vgr243dt

[Vsix and Vtec]

Lucky he was in the back. That RX looks unrecognisable from the state its been left in.

[ChocolateFrog]

Lucky he was sat in the back.

Would be interesting to see the standard of driving leading up to ploughing into the back of a lorry hard enough to kill the front seat occupants.

[ChocolateFrog]

Some of the photos are particularly gruesome.

[Juanco20]

Two ejected from the vehicle, video on twitter not for the squeamish

[ChocolateFrog]

It's obviously very important that a man in a tie makes any existing back injury worse.

Sometimes it's easy to forget how professional our first responders and emergency workers are.

[BunkMoreland]

ChocolateFrog said:

Lucky he was sat in the back.

Would be interesting to see the standard of driving leading up to ploughing into the back of a lorry hard enough to kill the front seat occupants.

Allegedly speeding and overtaking another vehicle at the time. Lorry wasn't moving apparently.

I haven't seen who the deceased were. My guess is they were local drivers trying to impress the big star!

[Dog Biscuit]

ChocolateFrog said:

It's obviously very important that a man in a tie makes any existing back injury worse.

Sometimes it's easy to forget how professional our first responders and emergency workers are.

I was thinking exactly the same when I saw the video of him being removed from the vehicle.

Apparently he's 'fine' but we'll have to wait and see how true that is.

[dom9]

BunkMoreland said:

Allegedly speeding and overtaking another vehicle at the time. Lorry wasn't moving apparently.

I haven't seen who the deceased were. My guess is they were local drivers trying to impress the big star!

Looks like the deceased are two of his best mates, his PT and S&C coach.

[popegregory]

Whilst having next to no physiological understanding of the situation, based on the fact that professional rugby players have (I think) the equivalent of three massive car crashes per game, is a guy who gets beaten up for a living presumably a strong candidate for surviving something like this while mere mortals would fare worse?

[Vanden Saab]

BunkMoreland said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Lucky he was sat in the back.

Would be interesting to see the standard of driving leading up to ploughing into the back of a lorry hard enough to kill the front seat occupants.

Allegedly speeding and overtaking another vehicle at the time. Lorry wasn't moving apparently.

I haven't seen who the deceased were. My guess is they were local drivers trying to impress the big star!

The BBC report linked above say the two who died are foreign nationals.

[JoshSm]

Don Roque said:

The SUV looks to be in a right state.

I've seen a few videos of Chinese (?) crash tests of various things - including premium SUVs - in offset impacts into the backs of truck trailers.

It's an unforgiving thing to hit and the trailer crash bars do little to stop the damage going a long way back through the cabin.

I'm fairly sure the speeds involved didn't need to be huge.

[Its Just Adz]

That's had a massive impact! Not surprising there are fatalities there.
I'm sure sitting in the rear has saved his life.

[Don Roque]

popegregory said:

Whilst having next to no physiological understanding of the situation, based on the fact that professional rugby players have (I think) the equivalent of three massive car crashes per game, is a guy who gets beaten up for a living presumably a strong candidate for surviving something like this while mere mortals would fare worse?

I think it's dumb luck more than anything. The front of the car is obliterated, both males from the front are lying dead in the road. The head of the one of the dead men is obliterated, with nothing more than a ragged mess of flesh left attached to his neck. Big galoot or not, the forces (and fortune) at play here will make mincemeat of you if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Joshua certainly looked to be in pain as he was carried out but I expect a large part of that will also be mental anguish. Either way, I expect that will be him done with boxing now. Lucky to be alive barely covers it.

[ChocolateFrog]

popegregory said:

Whilst having next to no physiological understanding of the situation, based on the fact that professional rugby players have (I think) the equivalent of three massive car crashes per game, is a guy who gets beaten up for a living presumably a strong candidate for surviving something like this while mere mortals would fare worse?

No. More mass equals more energy once it's moving.

Children are often more likely to survive, like that cable car crash where the only survivor was a child.

That Rugby player thing is nonsense. Get one to stand in front of a car and see how well they recover for the game at the weekend.

[Derek Smith]

ChocolateFrog said:

popegregory said:

Whilst having next to no physiological understanding of the situation, based on the fact that professional rugby players have (I think) the equivalent of three massive car crashes per game, is a guy who gets beaten up for a living presumably a strong candidate for surviving something like this while mere mortals would fare worse?

No. More mass equals more energy once it's moving.

Children are often more likely to survive, like that cable car crash where the only survivor was a child.

That Rugby player thing is nonsense. Get one to stand in front of a car and see how well they recover for the game at the weekend.

I was at a Quins match and was walking by the side of the pitch when Jordan Turner-Hall was running flat out on the wing. The opposing wing ran at him and the two hit. The impact for 25' away made me wince. Both got up within a couple of second, T-Hall even diving on the ball. Such an impact would have seriously injured me, probably requiring hospital treatment, and it would have flattened a chocolate frog.

The physique needed to play rugby at a high level means resilience is in-built.

[Earthdweller]

Derek Smith said:

I was at a Quins match and was walking by the side of the pitch when Jordan Turner-Hall was running flat out on the wing. The opposing wing ran at him and the two hit. The impact for 25' away made me wince. Both got up within a couple of second, T-Hall even diving on the ball. Such an impact would have seriously injured me, probably requiring hospital treatment, and it would have flattened a chocolate frog.

The physique needed to play rugby at a high level means resilience is in-built.

Not he same as hitting a 44t truck at 80mph though

[Hippea]

Its Just Adz said:

That's had a massive impact! Not surprising there are fatalities there.
I'm sure sitting in the rear has saved his life.

Surely he must have been wearing a seatbelt to ‘walk’ away from that as well

[Earthdweller]

Hippea said:

Its Just Adz said:

That's had a massive impact! Not surprising there are fatalities there.
I'm sure sitting in the rear has saved his life.

Surely he must have been wearing a seatbelt to walk away from that as well

Being on the non impact side of the car has saved his life

The front rhs side impact with the bonnet going under the trailer bed and then the trailer bed taking out the A pillar and roof and entering the passenger compartment

Sliced that side of the car open and made it unsurvivable for both occupants on that side of the car. Seatbelt wouldn't help anyone on that side of the car

[Don Roque]

Derek Smith said:

I was at a Quins match and was walking by the side of the pitch when Jordan Turner-Hall was running flat out on the wing. The opposing wing ran at him and the two hit. The impact for 25' away made me wince. Both got up within a couple of second, T-Hall even diving on the ball. Such an impact would have seriously injured me, probably requiring hospital treatment, and it would have flattened a chocolate frog.

The physique needed to play rugby at a high level means resilience is in-built.

Your ability to find a slightly relevant anecdote in relation to literally any topic is impressive, I'm surprised you can remember all these occasions. Just a general observation.