A NEW Zealand driver who crashed into a cow woke up in a smoke-filled car with an 18-wheeler truck bearing down on her. Rachel Covey was driving north on State Highway 1, which links Dunedin to Christchurch, about 7.30pm on Friday when ''all of a sudden a black cow jumped out in the middle of the road''. She remembered slamming on her brakes before her beloved Mini Cooper smashed into the cow. The 26-year-old awoke to find airbags had been deployed in her now wrecked vehicle, which was fast filling up with smoke. Grabbing her cellphone, she fled the vehicle, fearing it would explode. With no lights coming from her vehicle, she looked in horror to see the lights of an 18-wheel truck - followed by a convoy of vehicles - fast approaching. ''So, I stood in the middle of the road flashing my cellphone so he could see me.'' Miss Covey said the quick-thinking truck driver flashed his lights in acknowledgement ''then swerved to avoid me''. One by one, the other vehicles came to a halt, and ''if people didn't stop then the accident would have been 10 times worse''. Miss Covey escaped with scratches, bruising and whiplash from the Friday night crash, and did not require hospital treatment. ''Everyone has said I was lucky to survive ... the police, the fire brigade, ambulance officers, witnesses, all can't believe I walked away.'' ''I will definitely buy a Lotto ticket.'' She believed the low height of her car was a major reason she was unhurt, as the cow was forced up over the bonnet before striking the windscreen and ''going over the top and behind me''. ''I am not going to drive anything but a Mini Cooper from now on,'' she said. Miss Covey said she was heartbroken to hear the cow, which was later put down, had been distressed as her calf had been stolen just days earlier. ''I feel really overwhelmed ... it could have ended so differently.''
If only she had been driving an F56 the cow would have walked away unhurt. Now I understand the new MINI front end. :wink: Glad this driver escaped the unsafe R50 front end design.
If she was driving an F56, the front end would now look better than DuelL could do! If that is the best the aftermarket could do, I guess the factory got it right...
Ok does anyone find it odd that :" a black cow jumped"? How high? How Far" was it jumping over the Moon? Was she texting and that's why she had her phone in her hand? Maybe she was not paying attention or looking ahead because its really easy to see a BIG ASS Black cow at 7:30 PM in the Summer. Just wondering the real truth......:rolleyes5:
Ok then maybe the cow was landing from jumping over the Moon. Still 7:30 PM should still not be that dark. I dunno :nonod: Plus look she is posing without a scratch on her.
My only question is, why was the cow not wearing the proper safety equipment? I mean if cows where required to wear orange vests when they are in the street, this whole accident wouldn't of happened.