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traffic accident fatality near Camalú-SQ

Whale-ista - 4-29-2014 at 11:10 AM

Sad... this has become such a congested driving area. A teenager died in this 3-car collision.

Good reminder to slow down while traveling btwn SQ-Ensenada.

http://www.elvigia.net/el-valle/2014/4/29/muere-jovencita-15...

[Edited on 4-30-2014 by Whale-ista]

redhilltown - 4-29-2014 at 11:41 PM

That stretch is so congested that slowing down is probably not the problem but passing cars and watching for others that are passing BEHIND YOU might be the game changer...when passing you are usually concentrating on the on coming cars but the lunatics behind you passing numerous cars including yours are so often the cause of the accidents. You really can't be too cautious on Highway 1. (I may not have explained that the best way possible but ya'all know what I mean.)

vgabndo - 4-30-2014 at 07:44 AM

Two thumbs up, Redhilltown...

Folks who only have practice driving in the North, may not be aware of the frequency with which locals BEHIND you will decide to pass when YOU still think it is suicidal. It can be very dangerous to just push one's nose over the line to see around the vehicle being overtaken as the person behind you may have a completely different (insane) interpretation of what is a safe place to pass. Personally, I've experienced my own failure to keep my eyes on the mirror while I am stressing over how I'm going to safely get around a slower moving vehicle. When my chance finally comes, I've been horrified to find that the family behind me is already in my blind spot!!! I think this is right up there with 'don't drive at night'.

David K - 4-30-2014 at 08:32 AM

The Camalu-San Quintin corridor is in need of being 4 lanes. If it was then less accidents and fewer opting to go via Gonzaga/San Felipe.

DianaT - 4-30-2014 at 08:39 AM

Always so sad, and happens far too often. My thoughts are with the families.

Any two lane fast speed highway can be so dangerous. We just returned from a short trip to one part of Oregon, and came way too close to a head-on collision on Highway 395 north of Reno. We saw the car coming the other way start to pull out to pass a large truck and we were sure that when he saw us and the car behind us, he would pull back into his own lane, but he did not do so.

The truck driver seemed unaware of what was happening as he never slowed or moved to the right. Thank goodness it was a place where there are wide paved shoulders so we and the car behind were able to slow down, not enough time to stop, and pull on to the shoulder. After he went by us he cut off the truck and I think he may have crashed. It all happened so fast and he was going really fast, but it looked like he might have clipped the front bumper of the truck.

A few miles later we saw the police and an ambulance headed that direction.

It is way we have been pleased to see the Baja highway widened in many areas --- shoulders can make a huge difference.

Terry28 - 4-30-2014 at 08:51 AM

Nice of you to stop and render any aide needed.......

DianaT - 4-30-2014 at 09:00 AM

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Originally posted by Terry28
Nice of you to stop and render any aide needed.......


:barf::no:

Please read and notice that I said "may have, or might have." And we were several miles down the road when we saw the emergency vehicles.

willardguy - 4-30-2014 at 09:00 AM

remember many years ago they would take the remnants of these horrific crashes and position them on the toll road as a grim reminder to slow down.

Terry28 - 4-30-2014 at 09:04 AM

So I guess you would only stop to help if you were sure ?? you wrote that you thought he may have clipped the truck bumper and might have crashed,
that should have been good enough.......but that's just me.....

bacquito - 4-30-2014 at 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by soulpatch
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Originally posted by Terry28
So I guess you would only stop to help if you were sure ?? you wrote that you thought he may have clipped the truck bumper and might have crashed,
that should have been good enough.......but that's just me.....


What's with the judgement? Lordy.... do you know her rescue capabilities, physical impairments (if any), etc, and do you know by her statement that she wasn't making the "may have crashed" statement after seeing the emergency response vehicles?

She may have assumed that all was well until that point.

I've seen a lot of well-intentioned amateurs do a lot of permanent damage (such as paralysis) to people that might have been just fine if left alone until a professional arrived.... aggressive and ignorant action does not always lead to a positive resolution.

Whatever.

[Edited on 4-30-2014 by soulpatch]


Stopping for an accident can cause more problems. It is a judgement call.

JZ - 4-30-2014 at 01:38 PM

My friend said he was told that as of the Saturday before Easter 12 people had died between Mexicali and San Felipe.

This is 2nd hand so something could be lost in translation (who knows maybe it was all Baja).

But at the check point leaving Mexicali the police looked in the car and checked and asked if we all had our seat belts on.