Accident Report Telkom 747. Picture 1 Direction from where vehicle was travelling. Line indicates suspected route.

Accident Report

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Picture 1

• Direction from where vehicle was travelling.

• Line indicates suspected route

Picture 2

• Skid marks started from where arrow indicates.

• Black line indicates suspected route

Picture 3

• Arrow indicates how the vehicle’s position as it skid off the tar road

Picture 4

• Take note of the distance towards the tree… and the height of the tree

Picture 5

• Double line arrow indicate where Golf Nose dived into ground where it became airborne.

Picture 6

• Take note of the distance from where it nose dived into the ground and the tree… take note of the height of the tree as well.

• Arrow points nose dive that caused vehicle to go airborne.

Picture 7

• Impact of nose into ground.

• Note distance from the tree where vehicle nose dived.

Picture 8

• Note on height of tree and the distance from where the nose crashed into the ground and the tree.

• Just left to the middle of the photo lies the windscreen

Picture 9

• A farm’s fence that wasn’t even damaged by the vehicle.

• Vehicle cleared fence

Picture 10

• Looking back at where vehicle travelled from.

• Just crossed embankment.

Picture 11

• Back Pack in tree top.• Will give a more clear

idea of height of tree later on.

• Vehicle passed through tree on right hand side of Back Pack.

Picture 12

• Jersey found on tree tops as well

Picture 13

• Average built man standing next to tree…estimate height of tree ±5 meters.

• Arrow indicate more or less where vehicle passed through tree.

Picture 14

• NTU (Modem) Line cords “growing” on trees.

• Take note how the vehicle took off the bark of the tree.

Picture 15

• Pointing to where vehicle “bounced” on its rear after clearing the tree. (arrow pointing to approx. position of tree).

• Photo taken from direction of which vehicle travelled.

Picture 16

• Casualty.• This is casualty

Number 1 of 5.• We suspect Birds dies

of shock.• None of these

casualties suffered a painful death as it was quick and painless.

Picture 17

• A nest…

Picture 18

• Once again… notice how the tree’s bark is scraped off.

Picture 19

• Another indication of the height of the tree

Picture 20

• We know for sure the vehicle has lost its spark

Picture 21

• Casualty 2 of 5

Picture 22

• Casualty 3 of 5

Picture 23

• Casualty 4 of 5

Picture 24

• Casualty 5 of 5

Picture 25

• Vehicle cleared this Sekelbos as well.

• Vehicle came to rest approximately where person stand

Picture 26

• The height of the Sekelbos.

• The Sekelbos have no damage what so ever.

Picture 27

• Left over of the chevron that probably got stuck on the vehicle as it went airborne

Picture 28

• Telkom equipment thrown all over the place.

Picture 29

• Directing towards the direction the vehicle travelled from.

• You can see the tree as well as the Sekelbos.

• Car came to stand still on its side

Picture 30

• Damage caused by the “bounce” between the tree and the Sekelbos.

Picture 31

• Other angle of the damage cause after the first airborne segment.

• Note how the back wheel is in the air.

Picture 32

• Damage on the front as it nose dived.

Picture 33

• Other angle of front damage

Picture 34

• Luckily there was no passengers

Picture 35

• Definitely a write off.

Picture 36

• Notice the bent chassis.

• Back wheels are both airborne as vehicle rest on exhaust.

Picture 37

• One standard Golf minimized to half it’s size.

• Approximate speed of impact… 148 Km on GPS (probably about 155—160 km on the Speedometer.