Two travellers consider themselves very lucky to have escaped alive from a serious car accident that happened on a narrow icy road on 24 November in North Iceland. One of the travellers, Jia Yi Wong, has published a terrifying clip of the moment their car was a hit. The footage was caught on a dashboard camera in their car and shows when the driver of a Mercedes Benz saloon car loses the control of his vehichle, swerves into the wrong side of the road and smashes into Wong's car. According to police both cars then slid of the road, down a steep five meters (16 ft) high bank. A fire then broke out in the Mercedes moments after the driver got out.
Wong and her travelling partner where both injured and are still recovering in a Hospital in Akureyri town, in North Iceland.
Thank you for all your love and support from all over the world […] We've been told we were so lucky to be alive, from the ambulance crews to nurses, physios, doctors etc. When so many people trying so hard to save your life, all you should do is to strive harder, says Wong in a meassage published with the video on Youtube.
One of the biggest dangers of driving in Iceland is the narrow road network of the country. The majority of national highways are two-lane roads, one lane in each direction, and many of them are both curvy and pass through hilly landscape. Adding snow and ice in the mix during the winter can make driving conditions extremely difficult.
And maybe the worst part is that no matter how cautious you self are, you can still become a victim of someone who does not judge the conditions right. Don't be that driver.
Two travellers consider themselves very lucky to have escaped alive from a serious car accident that happened on a narrow icy road on 24 November in North Iceland. One of the travellers, Jia Yi Wong, has published a terrifying clip of the moment their car was a hit. The footage was caught on a dashboard camera in their car and shows when the driver of a Mercedes Benz saloon car loses the control of his vehichle, swerves into the wrong side of the road and smashes into Wong's car. According to police both cars then slid of the road, down a steep five meters (16 ft) high bank. A fire then broke out in the Mercedes moments after the driver got out.
Wong and her travelling partner where both injured and are still recovering in a Hospital in Akureyri town, in North Iceland.
Thank you for all your love and support from all over the world […] We've been told we were so lucky to be alive, from the ambulance crews to nurses, physios, doctors etc. When so many people trying so hard to save your life, all you should do is to strive harder, says Wong in a meassage published with the video on Youtube.
One of the biggest dangers of driving in Iceland is the narrow road network of the country. The majority of national highways are two-lane roads, one lane in each direction, and many of them are both curvy and pass through hilly landscape. Adding snow and ice in the mix during the winter can make driving conditions extremely difficult.
And maybe the worst part is that no matter how cautious you self are, you can still become a victim of someone who does not judge the conditions right. Don't be that driver.
