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It happens in an instant — the truck ahead flips into the air and flies directly into the driver’s windshield.
The footage, filmed on a dashboard camera in South Korea, shows how even safe drivers can find themselves caught in a fatal crash.
This crash was apparently caused by a driver in a white Hyundai Azera, who is believed to have blacked out after hitting a car in another accident which happened off camera.
The unconscious driver's car then continued down a hill onto the highway where it ploughed into the truck.
Three people in the Azera died, while the truck driver was left in critical condition and a couple inside the car with the dashboard camera both suffered minor injuries.
NSW Highway Patrol spokesman inspector Phillip Brooks said the brutal accident showed some highway crashes were simply unavoidable.
"I guess it's one of those classic vehicle going the wrong way type situations … it left the other vehicles with little choice but to be involved in that collision," Mr Brooks told ninemsn.
"There is no opportunity [to escape some accidents], it is unavoidable in some situations," he said.
Mr Brooks said drivers needed to remain alert when driving on highways, stay at a reasonable speed and allow for breaking distance.
"It is very easy to become complacent based on normal trip routes and the myriad of driver distractions that are now about i.e. GPS and in-car systems, iPods and mobile phones," he said.
"Drive with the conditions, if it's night time, if there's fog, heavy traffic — you need to know the situation around you and be able to respond."
It happens in an instant — the truck ahead flips into the air and flies directly into the driver’s windshield.
The footage, filmed on a dashboard camera in South Korea, shows how even safe drivers can find themselves caught in a fatal crash.
This crash was apparently caused by a driver in a white Hyundai Azera, who is believed to have blacked out after hitting a car in another accident which happened off camera.
The unconscious driver's car then continued down a hill onto the highway where it ploughed into the truck.
Three people in the Azera died, while the truck driver was left in critical condition and a couple inside the car with the dashboard camera both suffered minor injuries.
NSW Highway Patrol spokesman inspector Phillip Brooks said the brutal accident showed some highway crashes were simply unavoidable.
"I guess it's one of those classic vehicle going the wrong way type situations … it left the other vehicles with little choice but to be involved in that collision," Mr Brooks told ninemsn.
"There is no opportunity [to escape some accidents], it is unavoidable in some situations," he said.
Mr Brooks said drivers needed to remain alert when driving on highways, stay at a reasonable speed and allow for breaking distance.
"It is very easy to become complacent based on normal trip routes and the myriad of driver distractions that are now about i.e. GPS and in-car systems, iPods and mobile phones," he said.
"Drive with the conditions, if it's night time, if there's fog, heavy traffic — you need to know the situation around you and be able to respond."
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