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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie_Zoom on 02 April 2010, 16:48:38

Title: What Sad & Rotten Luck!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 02 April 2010, 16:48:38

What are the chances of this happening? :'( :'( :'(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8600833.stm

Only ever heard of HGV tyres and rims killing people, never car tyres before!! :o :o :o :o

Title: Re: What Sad & Rotten Luck!
Post by: alunonhisown on 02 April 2010, 16:51:10

Tragic!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Post by: STMO999 on 02 April 2010, 16:57:23

That is terrible. So sad. :(

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Post by: hoofing it on 02 April 2010, 17:50:21

poor lass :'(

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Post by: Mikes1670 on 02 April 2010, 18:00:08

That is absolutely bizarre!  Never heard of that before.

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Post by: PhilRich on 02 April 2010, 18:30:35

What a shocking and tragic waste of life.  :(

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Post by: cmeonthemove on 02 April 2010, 18:54:37

Most sad, and ironically I think they would've been safer if it had exploded while still fitted to the car.

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Post by: Del Boy on 02 April 2010, 19:50:57

Very sad news  :( :(

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 02 April 2010, 19:54:49

 :-?

very sad really..  :(

a soldier dying from an exploding tire is really unbelievable :(

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Post by: Banjax on 02 April 2010, 21:08:37

i didn't even know that could happen - tragic  :(

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Post by: jonnycool on 02 April 2010, 21:13:03

What are the chances? Terrible

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Post by: Vamps on 02 April 2010, 21:15:38

Very sad indeed..... :(

Title: Re: What Sad & Rotten Luck!
Post by: Entwood on 02 April 2010, 21:16:52

I've seen the damage an exploding car tyre can do, but I've never heard of one doing it "off the car" ... I suppose the clue is in the fact it was changed due to a "bulge" .. ie weakness or damage .. and I'm guessing they didn't deflate it ... (hindsight being wonderful :( ) ... and possibly the heat from being in the car caused the pressure to rise enough to .......   :(

Very very sad .. :(

Title: Re: What Sad & Rotten Luck!
Post by: Amigo on 02 April 2010, 21:48:10

That's awful.

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Post by: webby23 on 02 April 2010, 21:54:23

Very sad....after all she must have been through...to survive it all then have that happen....??

 :(

Title: Re: What Sad & Rotten Luck!
Post by: sexydaz on 02 April 2010, 22:52:09

as all above..

when i was in the trade we had a tyre pumped up with a bulge in the wall it had been kerbed and as we sat there eatin our din dins we could here this ping ping noise then bang as it finally gave in..all the cords were pinging then bang the rubber gave up luckily nobody around we were in the office but i have heard some horror stories about this kind of thing and when someone tells you compressed air is dangerous they are bloody right