How to lose your house in a matter of seconds
Ouch.
We came upon this scene early Tuesday morning just out of Norseman. As we were approaching it we were very worried for the owners. There were several trucks at the scene and it looked like one of them may have cleaned up the car and van.
As it was, no one was seriously hurt and the damage came
from losing control just after a bend in the road and the whole unit dropping
on its side. Obviously vans are not designed for this activity but the extent
of the destruction is still pretty devastating. Just to the right of the wreckage on the road is the towing vehicle. Now back on its wheels.
Full insurance covers your replacements of course, but I hate to think of the mucking around and the paperwork involved in getting back on the road. Not to mention a certain nervousness when you finally get mobile again.
This accident was only about 100 clicks out of Norseman so support services are reasonably close. If it had been further back on the Nullabor and someone requiring medical attention, it would have been a Flying Doctor landing on the highway. Some of the straight stretches we drove along are marked up to assist landing on the highway.
Photo 1 The wrecked van
Photo 2 The Nullabor plain. One straight stretch went for 132 kilometers
Photo 3 A boab tree. This is from Kununurra before we headed back
Photo 3 Sunset near Geraldton
Comments
Some of the road trains get a fair wobble up on the last trailer. Some times as much as a couple of feet.