Perodua MYVI crashes and loses its engine block

What a way to start my new life aint it?

I was on my way to town with a friend of mine around 3pm today and was just cruising along the highway towards our destination. As we approached town, we noticed that the cars ahead of us were slowing down, which usually meant that it was either a police block or an accident.

We soon realized that what was going on in front of us was the aftermath of a car accident. A Perodua MYVI to be exact. It seems that the poor bugger had somewhat miscalculated his/her angle of attack and ended up somewhat upside down on a small ditch beside the divider.

Being the curious bunch we were, we decided to inspect the wreckage seeing that it was an extremely fresh accident. We soon located a small parking lot nearby and made our way towards the crash site.

It was obvious as to what happened. It seems that a black MYVI had rear ended a small Hyundai Atos and then clipped a tree. This soon resulted in him/her tumbling into the ditch that separated highway. What surprised us at the inspection was how violent the whole impact was. The whole entire engine block of the MYVI had ripped itself out of the front end of the car.

The cops were there and were interviewing the bystanders on the other end of the highway as to ascertain the reasons of the accident. There were some people who were taking pictures as well. I suspect that these people were from the Insurance company or from the local press. I noticed that there were others like me that were there as well, who had stopped and decided to snap some pictures with their handphones.

I was surprised that no one stopped us from doing that. Then again, there were only 2 cops and I am sure that they had their hands full rather than deal with us curious bystanders.

Now for what I saw at the crash site. I must apologize that my descriptions for the accident isnt as comprehensive as one might have wanted but then again, I am not a car person. So please bear with me.

There were small bits and pieces of the MYVI strewn all over the highway such as small hydraulic pipes, broken bumpers, its headlights and so forth. The bark some of the trees were also ripped from being grazed by the vehicle. Much of the traffic going on both directions of the highway slowed down to view the horrific wreckage.

I quickly noted that the impact alone would have killed the poor driver. Seeing that if the whole engine block itself flew out of the car, to about 3 meters or so from the actual point of impact, one must wonder as to how violent the immediate stopping force was.

I then calmly proceeded to inspect the insides of the car. I know I am going to sound cruel here but I was expecting to see a corpse in it. Yet thankfully, there wasnt one. All I saw was small droplets of blood and a shattered windscreen. On one side, laid piles of cds that had been flung about from the crash. I didnt see any airbags nor did I see any hints of violent trauma inflicted on the driver. I didnt see any brain matter so I concluded that the driver was lucky to have worn his/her seatbelt then.

Yet one must wonder as to the damage suffered from the impact and the resultant whiplash from it. Massive trauma to the neck is what I’d suspect from such an accident. Then again, that should be the least of their worries seeing that the resultant concussion to their head scares me even more.

Surprisingly, the whole frame of the driver/passenger compartment of the car was relatively intact. The driver was lucky that the roof of the car did not collapse on him/her. Otherwise it would definitely been fatal. It was a miracle that it didnt get much worse than what was initially perceived from the wreckage.

One thing I had forgotten to mention and this is related to the engine block. When we arrived, the engine block had a pipe that had a small flame burning from it. It was quickly concluded that this was probably left over fuel from the combustion chamber. This showed how ‘fresh’ the whole accident was.

Another point of interest here. The license plate of the car was still on it and we noted that the age of the car was only less than 6 months. It is plausible that the driver of the car was someone very young, around the age of 18-22. Probably the car was given to them as a gift from their parents, a normal practice for families here.

Sad that it had to end up like this.

Now looking back on it, even the tow trucks werent there yet. It is common knowledge here that tow trucks are the first to arrive at any car crash scene. It was quite surprising that on this very day that my friend and I were there to see this.

Let alone step down from our vehicle to inspect it.

A new life with a dramatic beginning. My life may have started again but it is possible that another person’s life may have ended.

May god protect you, nameless driver. I hope that you’ll come out alive from this horrible calamity that has occurred.

God bless.