I am a British aid worker posted in Southern Africa. My local colleague has crashed our project's rental car in a distant province, and I have very little information about the details of the crash and no way to verify the information I have been given. I am writing to see if anyone on the forum can provide some insight into this crash based on the information below, as the owner of the car will want my project to pay for the damage (estimated at about 3000 pounds).
His description is as follows:
- He was traveling down a hill on a paved road at 8:30AM at about 65km in a zone with an 80km speed limit
- He suddenly lost control of the car and went off the road
- The car rolled 1.5 times and landed on its side
- Both front tyres were flat after the crash
- The windscreen shattered, the headlights are broken, and there is damage to both sides of the car, the hood and the roof
My colleague was not hurt and, thankfully, there were no passengers and no pedestrians or other cars involved. There is no reason to think he was drinking. The weather was clear.
The police have been called in and have prepared a report of the accident. The estimate of the speed he was traveling, he said, came from the police.
This story does not make sense to me, and I suspect that my colleague, who I and other colleagues have experienced as somewhat of a reckless driver, may have been driving much faster than he claims and is at fault for the crash. He did not report the accident to me for 11 hours. The police report is unlikely to help (though it might provide additional information) as it would be quite easy to pay the police off to modify their report.
I would be grateful for any observations from the forum members or links to other sites that might prove useful.
Many thanks!
The accident was in a city - Nampula - in Northern Mozambique. The roads tend to be a little bumpy but no more than in a pot-holed part of the British countryside. The car in question is a 4wd Hilux Surf (circa 1995) in good condition. My main questions are what could cause a solid, heavy car to suddenly leave the road and whether it is believable that a car traveling 65km/hr would roll? Also, what key questions should I ask of the driver and look for in the police report to make an educated guess about the veracity of this story?
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