Update: Biker dies following horror crash with bakkie
Injured woman escaped death says a friend.
Helderkruin — A friend of the woman who was injured in a collision with a motorcyclist last week says she escaped death.
On Wednesday afternoon 25 September a man believed to be in his 40s sadly died following a collision with a bakkie at the corner of Wilgerood Road and Ruhamah Street.
The woman, according to ER24, was the only occupant of the bakkie and she was ejected partially from the vehicle as it overturned. A part of her body was trapped between the tar and the vehicle. She was extricated and quickly transported to hospital.
A close friend and housemate of the woman, Francois van Wyk, told the Record, “I am not religious, but my God, she was so lucky. She experienced three miracles, otherwise she could have been killed – considering the bakkie rolled twice.”
Van Wyk reckons that had it not been for the pillar of the vehicle, specifically the B-pillar, which is the second pillar of the passenger compartment that plays an important role in protecting the occupants in a roll-over incident – according to diseno-art.com [https://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/terms/B-pillar.html0] – his friend’s skull would have been pulverised.
“The biker’s body hit the bakkie 10cm behind her (first miracle) and his helmet made contact just behind her head, so the pillar saved her from a certain death (second miracle),” he said.
“On the first roll the roof was dented. When she was flung halfway through the window, the bakkie fell on her with the dent over her waist and chest (third miracle),” Van Wyk added.
Van Wyk also told the Record that in the accident, “Amanda’s neck was broken with movement impaired at and damage to her C5 and C6 vertebrae. She underwent emergency surgery on Friday 27 September and her hand also was operated on. She will spend a week in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with reconstructive surgery planned for next week.
“It’s a miracle from God.”
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