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Old 19 Jul 2011, 01:54 (Ref:2928355)   #52
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Originally Posted by wnut View Post
All that is true BJ but the only thing that needed to happen was that he had to be released from under the car!
If the marshalls had had a crowbar they could have moved the car. If the marshalls had helped Purley in time, if the police had let the crowd help Purley, if the car could have have lifted itself off him as proposed above.

The outcome would not have been so distressingly tragic for all concerned.
But the cars in those days didn't have a roll bar that was worth anything. Since then, how many drivers have walked away, particularly at ovals.
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