When one chooses a motorcycle as a means of transport, naturally he or she is exposed to anything that a car or truck would be exposed to except with much less protection. Regardless of if a bike crash occurs due to your fault or not, the amount of the injuries stays the same and we have seen some major bike accidents getting very nasty.
This time, we see a pair of Australian bikers who were riding their bikes, when all of a sudden, a woman in her 20s driving a red sedan car pulls out right on their path and hits them hard!
Watch the video below to see this HORRIFYING footage taken with the dashboard camera where two biker riders were being thrown into the air after crashing into a car in Melbourne’s west. The terrible accident took place on Raleigh Road in Maribyrnong, Victoria.
These two bikers were riding on a right-hand lane of a dual carriageway when suddenly they were cut-off by a maroon sedan car which was turning right (probably without looking) across a heavy traffic on the street.
Both of these bikers were thrown into the air during the impact with the car. One of them landed in the middle of the road, while the other on the nature strip. After the crash we can see one of the bikers moving his hand towards his face before shocked witnesses rushed to help the unfortunate men.
Luckily, it appears that the bikers were strapped up with some a solid safety gear thanks to which they didn’t suffer any major injuries. One of them got his leg broken while the other, suffered a broken pelvis.
They were treated at the scene and later taken to The Royal Melbourne Hospital. The paramedics report they are in a stable condition.
This sort of thing ended my biking career…. hope the woman was charged, fined, and also imprisoned for her gross disregard for other road users.
I sure hope things like this won’t happen again.
The bad thing is she could have been flagged out by another motorist and that person is also at fault
No, the excessive speed of the motorcyclists played no roll in this accident at all…………
The bikers were not driving with excessive speed. In this article you can find out more about the accident: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dash-cam-captures-two-motorcyclists-thrown-into-the-air-after-colliding-with-car-in-maribyrnong/news-story/7d3d4e79bd2f234f72912dcca1439d35
Since when was a broken pelvis not a major injury? I broke mine in a similar accident and never walked properly again
I hear what you say Andrew. But seeing this devastating crash, I might say things could have been much worse for the bikers.