John Oram's photos with the keyword: Accident

This photograph does not readily convey very much so you might enjoy reading the story. The roads in the interior of St. Lucia can be steep and windy and speed should, ideally, be moderate. In a lot of places those roads are not quite two vehicles wide nor are the options on either side very attractive. Many of the ditches or gullies are deeper than that depicted here. Our Toyota Coaster had taken us on an excellent tour and the parking skills which had seen four such vehicles fit in to a driveway at Stony Hill were commendable. On the way back to the ship, we had had a near miss with an opposite direction car. About a mile later, we were less fortunate with a second rogue vehicle. It was already fishtailing as it approached us at an entirely inappropriate speed. Our driver was excellent but it drove us off the road and into the ditch shown. Although the picture does not show this well, we came to a rest quite close to the wall and a deeper part of the ditch. To exit via the passenger door would have been hazardous so we decided to evacuate over the drivers seat. Again, the picture does not really show quite how uphill that was. My partner and I were not fully mobile and certainly not fit and there were people less mobile than us but it all worked. Once we were all out of the bus and trying to stay clear of the steady traffic which was not slowing down (!) our driver was able to move the bus back to the road. The indentation ahead of the bus shows how far the driver had backed up first. Geotagging approximate. 200_3_P1100245C

My document of an unspecified accident to Cessna Cardinal 177RG N2112Q at Palm Springs stretched my simple compact camera to the absolute limit. I believe this was (happily) a no-injuries accident and took place on or near runway 31R. To the credit of the airport, operations continued on 31L and the recovery operation was swift. TZ30_P1030359C

My document of an unspecified accident to Cessna Cardinal 177RG N2112Q at Palm Springs stretched my simple compact camera to the absolute limit. I believe this was (happily) a no-injuries accident and took place on or near runway 31R. To the credit of the airport, operations continued on 31L and the recovery operation, seen hazily here, was swift. TZ30_P1030358

My document of an unspecified accident to Cessna Cardinal 177RG N2112Q at Palm Springs stretched my simple compact camera to the absolute limit. I believe this was (happily) a no-injuries accident and took place on or near runway 31R. To the credit of the airport, operations continued on 31L and the recovery operation was swift. TZ30_P1030343C