check out the new remote control Jockey Wheel SmartBar Topargee products Enginesaver Low Water Alarms Red Earth Festival Hammervan Park Booker
Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Click here for the Grey Nomads website -> The Grey Nomads Forum -> The Grey Nomads - General -> Caravanner, 64, killed in awful unhitching accident
Post Info TOPIC: Caravanner, 64, killed in awful unhitching accident
Kisha


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 293
Date:
Caravanner, 64, killed in awful unhitching accident
Permalink  

June 23, 2017

A 64-year-old man has died after being run over by his own vehicle while trying to uncouple his caravan on the Gold Coast.

Police said it appeared the man had been trying to unhitch his van from a 4WD when the vehicle started rolling down a slight hill in Coomera.

A police spokesperson said the man tried to stop the vehicle, but it rolled over him and he was pinned underneath.

Police and paramedics were called to the scene but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

This is a terrible tragedy, my condolences to all his loved ones....Kisha



__________________
K Lapetite
Tony Bev


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 5388
Date:
Permalink  

My condolence to his family on this tragedy, also

It could have happened to any of us

We can never be too safe

__________________

Tony

It cost nothing to be polite
Santa


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 3804
Date:
Permalink  

Most unfortunate, however, totally avoidable.

We see mishaps of this type involving older drivers all the time.



__________________

Cheers,

Santa.

Moonta, Copper Coast, South Aust.
SouthernComfort


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 754
Date:
Permalink  

Santa wrote:

Most unfortunate, however, totally avoidable.

We see mishaps of this type involving older drivers all the time.

Very tragic indeed, but age is irrelevant. Such mishaps are not the exclusive domain of "older" drivers. The majority of mishaps are unavoidable but they still happen to drivers of ALL ages, and to think otherwise only induces complacency.



__________________

Cheers,

Tony

"Opinion is the medium between ignorance and knowledge" - Plato  

 The moral: Focus on the Facts

 
the rocket


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4248
Date:
Permalink  

Very sad. Condolences to his family.



__________________
Santa


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 3804
Date:
Permalink  

SouthernComfort wrote:
Santa wrote:

Most unfortunate, however, totally avoidable.

We see mishaps of this type involving older drivers all the time.

Very tragic indeed, but age is irrelevant. Such mishaps are not the exclusive domain of "older" drivers. The majority of mishaps are unavoidable but they still happen to drivers of ALL ages, and to think otherwise only induces complacency.

 Age is a factor.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-traffic-chaos-in-wahroonga-after-truck-roll-near-m1-pacific-motorway-20170626-gwz4er.html



__________________

Cheers,

Santa.

Moonta, Copper Coast, South Aust.
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Click here for the Grey Nomads website -> The Grey Nomads Forum -> The Grey Nomads - General -> Caravanner, 64, killed in awful unhitching accident
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us
Purchase Grey Nomad bumper stickers Read our daily column, the Nomad News The Grey Nomad's Guidebook