Subaru

I woke up this morning n read the papers. I saw another terrible traffic accident involving a Subaru. Not the WRX, but the Legacy GT this time round, the one with huge double exhaust. Happened in Loyang Avenue, a stretch of road that is long n relatively straight. I've driven on it countless times, n i agree the tendency to speed on this stretch of road is VERY high. Eventhough the speed limit is 70km/h, a car can easily travel at 100km/h on it without much problem.

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May 22, 2009
Loyang Avenue accident
3 burnt alive in crash



The Subaru car they were in was headed towards Changi Village around 9pm when the accident occurred. -- ST PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM

THREE people were burnt alive when the car they were travelling in crashed along Loyang Avenue last night and burst into a giant fireball.

No details about the victims were available, but police said they were killed on the spot.

The Subaru car they were in was headed towards Changi Village around 9pm when the accident occurred.

Police said it skidded off the road and into a tree along the road divider before going up in flames.

Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, who arrived on the scene shortly after police were called, took 15 minutes to put out the blaze.

They then discovered the charred bodies of the three victims. Paramedics later pronounced them dead.

Witnesses said the blaze was so big that it could be seen from several traffic light stops away.

Said one, Madam Rohana Kahar, 37, who was headed to her home in Pasir Ris at the time: 'The flames reached the height of a tree. I also heard several explosions.'

Police are investigating.




The Subaru car they were in was headed towards Changi Village around 9pm when the accident occurred


Police said it skidded off the road and into a tree along the road divider before going up in flames.


Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, who arrived on the scene shortly after police were called, took 15 minutes to put out the blaze.


They then discovered the charred bodies of the three victims. Paramedics later pronounced them dead.


Witnesses said the blaze was so big that it could be seen from several traffic light stops away.

video of burning car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAzwSopudpw

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Just a few days ago, I was watching the news on channel 8 reporting a WRX splitting into half after crashing into a tree. But the driver is lucky enough to be alive even after the horrific crash..


Report

1/2 WRX.. It's amazing the exhaust is still in one piece

Where's the backseat?

There it is

U're one lucky driver

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The WRX n Legacy GT of the Subaru brand are both performance cars. With so much horsepower in ur hands, it's very tempting to unleash it. I understand, cos I was sometimes guilty of it even with my uncle-ish Nissan, not helped by tha fact dat it's a manual transmission.

I would like to appeal to all to drive resposibly, just like wad old Uncle Sam said to Peter, "With great power comes great responsibilities". The Legacy case is really tragic, n I seriously hoped they died instantly after the crash rather than being burnt alive trapped inside the car. Below is the link to a cat being burnt alive in a metal cage, just to show u all how horrific it is to be burnt alive. Not suitable for below 16yrs of age.

http://www.charonboat.com/item/177



The WRX

The Legacy GT




UPDATE:

May 23, 2009
LOYANG CRASH
Driver a business owner
Remains of his two female passengers yet to be identified

THE charred remains of the driver who was trapped with two passengers in the burning wreck of his car were identified by his wife at the mortuary on Friday morning.

Mr Richard Constantine Pereira, 44, was a businessman involved in air and sea cargo freight.

His body was so badly burnt in the Thursday night crash in Changi that relatives had to identify the body with the help of his personal belongings.

But the equally-charred bodies of two female passengers also found trapped in the Subaru Legacy remain unidentified.

One of them is believed to be a 22-year-old Filipino woman. The relationship between the two women and Mr Pereira is unknown.

A friend of Mr Pereira, who was at the mortuary, said he believed that Mr Pereira was headed towards a chalet in the Changi Village area for a gathering when the crash happened at about 9.15pm.

Mr Pereira is believed to have lost control of his car, which veered to the right before mounting the central divider and barrelling into a tree.

The car became engulfed in a massive ball of flames that streaked 4m high into the sky. Debris such as glass shards from the car's windscreen were strewn at least 20m away.

Singapore Civil Defence Force rescuers took hours to remove their remains from the car.

Mr Pereira is listed as the director of a company called Victtory Remn. It is a small outfit involved in transportation, air and sea freight and has its registered address in Peninsula Plaza in North Bridge Road.