Photoblog - An Accident

April 15th, 2004 - Thursday

Almost the whole stretch of Jalan Pekaka is accident prone. The road slopes down from the traffic lights at the T-junction to Jalan Bukit Gambir. Cars turning into Jalan Pekaka usually speed down the road to Sungai Dua. Add a few junctions along the way coupled with impatient drivers and you have the perfect recipe for accidents. Countless vehicular accidents have happened along this stretch, usually tailgating fender benders.

As I was writing the previous blog yesterday, I heard a loud crash. Looking down from the window, I saw a woman lying motionless on the road. Her scooter was a good 20 meters away and pinned under the bonnet of a Wira. This happened just beside the Taman Pekaka surau.

4:14pm - View from my window. The scooter is pinned under the bonnet of the green Wira on the left. The victim is lying near the yellow box. A helmet lies beside the blue car on the other side of the road. The distance between the victim and her scooter and the Wira is approximately 20 meters. Close-up of the victim lying on the road. Close-up of the mangled scooter under the Wira. 4:16pm - Some Good Samaritans carried the victim to the pavement. Ideally, this is not a good idea. If the victim suffered trauma to the spine, moving her could aggravate the injury. 4:32pm - The ambulance arrives. 4:28pm - The victim is put on the gurney and being wheeled to the ambulance. 4:28pm - Another ambulance arrives just as the gurney is being loaded into the first ambulance. 4:29pm - Both ambulances speed away with their sirens blaring. 4:30pm - Three policemen arrives on two motorcycles.

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3 Responses to “Photoblog - An Accident”

1. Sophia Says:
   March 16th, 2005 at 16:04

   Hi, First of all, i felt sorry for your injury. Thus u look pretty optimistic which i think god has given you the strength n love.

   im a blogger myself but not this blogger, i came across your blog by searching Taman Pekaka House for sale, and i think one of ur blog mentioned about Taman Pekaka.
   Well, take care, god bless

2. Peter Says:
   March 16th, 2005 at 16:25

   Sophia,
   I hope you find the house you are looking for. God bless you too.

3. Peter Tan - The Digital Awakening » Blog Archive » Inaccessible Sungai Dua Says:
   March 29th, 2006 at 00:01

   [...] Yesterday, I needed to go to the bank. It is about 1 km from my apartment. Wuan accompanied me. We took the road along Jalan Pekaka, then cut through Makro and down Jalan Sungai Dua towards USM. All along the way, we had to brave speeding traffic. Jalan Pekaka is notorious for traffic accidents and I was half expecting to be hit by a vehicle the entire journey. [...]