But luckily for us we were blessed by a guardian angle and everything turned out okay and we are still here to laugh and even blog about the whole thing. Guess all of us have to go and "Touch wood"
Here's how it all went down. It's Sunday morning, our good friend Aaron was shifting from his old house in Usj9 to his new house in Kota Kemuning, so he asked if any of us could help shift some stuff. Out of our whole gang only me, danny and chris went to help. After an arduous hour of shifting stuff into the "Ten Tonne lorry", it was filled to the brim with furniture and what not. So it was time to lead the lorry to the new house. We then went into Aaron's Latio and drove at the end of the lane to await the lorry which was situated at Aaron's old house. Aaron's was the driver, Danny sitting in front, Christian sitting behind Danny and me behind Aaron.
Those familiar with Usj 9 will know that the roads at this end tend to slope downwards and is kinda packed with cars to the left and to the right.So while in Aaron's car at the end (in the middle) of the lane we waited for the lorry to come. After a boring minute or so we started chatting and crapping as usual not having the faintest idea the next few moments could have been our last. I and christian was the first to notice that the lorry has started to make its move, at that moment Danny and Aaron was busy chatting with Aaron looking out of the driver's window away from the lane.
Midway point to Impact
During the lorry's midway point we noticed the co-driver frantically swinging his hand indicating us to get out of our way, That when i felt uneasy and i said " Aaron, go...". Aaron was still busy looking out the window thinking i was joking or playing some stupid trick. Danny curiously looked out his window to notice the lorry picking up speed with no intention of slowing down.
I then started to increase my tone and repeated "Aaron, go...Aaron, GO!...AARON GOOOOO!!! ".
10 metres to Impact
Danny grew frantic and the only thing he said was "wah..Wah...WAH....WAH!!! " as the lorry grew closer and closer. Me and christian was still looking at the lorry as it grew closer and closer swaying madly avoiding the cars parked on the left and right. The first sign of trouble was when the co driver opened the door flailing his arm madly while the driver did a last second sharp turning to avoid an Atos parked on the left side of the road before he and the co-driver JUMPED OUT OF THE LORRY!!!.
That's when we knew in our mind " F***, We are so dead"
Few precious seconds to Impact
During the events above Aaron's in his panic state was pressing down hard on the accelerator but he had forgotten he put the car in neutral, fumbling around panicking Aaron at last got to change it to Drive but this sight was already outside our window...
ImpactIt was a sight i don't think i would forget anytime soon. All we could do was brace for impact as Aaron floored the car and the Lorry with no driver hit us so hard i almost forgot my own name. It was a whirlwind of crashing and exploding noises (1 tire exploded) and all i could see was the lorry banging, the glass cracking, the entire car frame shivering, the engine revving. It happened all so fast but felt like everything was in slow motion. Luckily with Aaron's last minute intervention we were not in the middle of the lorries way but slightly off and so we were literally banged aside like a rag doll. The lorry then continued its bullish path hitting a black new saga parked at the end of the road, nearly off into the drain in front.
Luckily the saga was without a driver and there wasn't any cars on the road during whole course of the accident.
If the saga had a driver...it wouldn't be pretty...
Aaron's car after the accident...we were waiting horizontally but ended up vertical like in the pic...just goes to show how hard the lorry banged us...
The Bumper fell off, one tired exploded and the left side of the car was a total mess...
This was where Danny and Chris was sitting when the whole thing occur...
Danny's side on the outside
Danny's side on the inside... can you see a slide bulge at the door? but thank god it held
Christian's side...
The car before it was towed away...
The Sticker here says " Latio's six star safety feature...well ALL of US give it a 7 star!!...
All of us walking away from this in one piece...we should count our lucky stars and thank god for this...
You might be wondering how this whole thing could have happened. Apparently the driver of the lorry doesn't have a ten tonne lorry driving license (meaning he doesn't know anything about driving a vehicle of this size). The driver didn't start the engine but he instead LET GO of the hand brake first ( who in the right mind do that?). The reason he couldn't brake was because ten tonne lorries uses air brakes which requires the engine to be started first to allow intake of air into the brakes BEFORE they can be used. Some other things we found out, the lorry's road tax has expired over a year and when we asked why they never HON us, they replied the lorry doesn't have A HON!...
On a brighter side:
We were joking about this whole incident, about how
1) It was a once in a lifetime experience, its not everyday you get banged by a ten tonne lorry and live to tell the tale.
2) If we went, we went together with best friends
3) Danny and Christian get to tell their Gf's how much they love them
4) Don't take life for granted anytime anywhere it can be just snuffed out like a candle
Here's a funny piece of conversation between us
Aaron: Bluff want lar movies, say before you die you get to see your life flash by you and see the faces of the ones you love...
Me: HAHAHA the last faces i saw flash past me was Christian sliding towards me and Danny's panicked face!!
-Fs- A funny experience for me, i mean in the car when it was been banged by the lorry was like sitting a roller coaster...hahahaha...
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