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I know a few of us got stuck on mona vale road on the way home and had to turn around because of a very serious accident.

Well, a friend of Becs (my fiance) is in the S.E.S and was called out to that accident... the story is as follows;

This isn't the nicest story, so just a warning incase you dont want to hear it.

A girl on her P plates was driving a sedan (not sure of the brand/model etc) with a passenger, 4 people in the back seat and 2 youg guys in the boot (mid teens). It was raining heavily and they came over a hill on mona vale road, she braked but because of all the weight in the back of the car, she locked up and didn't have much steering (there was no speeding apparently). she swerved onto the other side of the road and clipped an on-coming car which sent her back onto the other side (correct side) of the road, she was still fishying pretty badly and smashed into a pole at the rear of the car. The two boys in the boot were dead by the time they had cut the boot lid off and a few in the back seat were very seriously injured. There was an ambulance very close by who was able to get there quickly and saved the lives of 2 people in the back.

Its pretty awful, and we know the father of one of the deceased boys. I feel for everybody affected by this.

Christian

Terrible story. I feel for everyone who was involved in this tradegy.

Let that be a lesson to everyone. Dont ride in the boot. I have done it and got pulled up by the cops who kindly let us go. They could of saved my life.

Doc

My dad told me about this yesterday, which was when i realised where the fire truck/police car were going while we were sitting at the pizza place....

Its scary to see these types of things happen, and a shame people do stupid things like ride in the boot...im 18 years old and have seen people around my age do dumb stuff like this...hopefully the rest of us will get smarter from seeing things like this.

My sister knew the driver, (friend of a friend or something, you know how it is with teen social groups).

She is apparently going to be tried for man slaughter. Now having had a friend killed in a car accident, and his girlfriends father being arrested for man slaughter I know that the police treat it seriously. But he did get off, even though he was unlicensed in australia.

This kind of thing is horrible, and only reinforces the need for better driver training and awareness.

My sister said that apparently she was driving quite dangerously, swerving around the road like a gp driver warming tyres (other than driving a over loaded car, unlicensed etc etc) but again this may have been media white wash.

what a tragic story and i feel for all victims involved.

i'd be looking at "parenting" rather than driver training and awareness.

getting into the boot of a car with a *presumed* unlicensed driver on a heavy rainy night? it rates as highly as getting into a car with an intoxicated driver.

Very bad...

Even tho i'll admit i've had a person in my boot before (um, i'm not explaining that one!).. don't do it if you're on you're P's please!! Its just stupid, but to be honest I put the blame on those who got in the boot in the first place - they must have know its ****ing dangerous!

'cause it all gets silly and everybody in the car gets silly when that sort of thing happens, and its easy to lose control. In this very tragic situation, death.

it's tragic to hear of the 2 boys who died in the crash. if only these incidents would spur the people in charge of our licensing system into changing their ways.

a driving test should not only be about reverse parking and 3 point turns but about how to actually drive a car and how to handle certain situations.

if drivers were taught about handing and safety eversion before being let loose on the rd it might help

young drivers need to be made aware of how easy it is to lose control of a car

condolences to all involved

condolences to their fams

that afternoon, my bro offered to give 2 mates a lift home (only a k, but still...) in d back of his ute - told them that story, and now we got 3 more ppl who'll either walk or get a cab

4 the sake of some effort walking or a few bucks on a cab fare, its not worth it

I have ridden in the boot only once before. Silly thing to do...you don't even have to think to realise it's just stupid.

I say that the blame (not soley) lies with the people who make the first mistake. And in this case it's the boys who decided to get in the boot. Doing that in itself is putting your fete in another's hands and just plainly asking for trouble.

My thoughts go to everyone directly involved.

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