Turkish boy's 'miracle' escape

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 11:57

CCTV footage shows a four-year-old Turkish boy being hit by a car and then walking away unscathed.

The car hits Muhammet Dirlik and knocks him down a flight of steps. He then picked himself up and walked away.

The car then crashes through a shop window at the bottom of the stairs. The boy said he had been wandering around on the pavement when the car crashed into him, but he had not been hurt.

The boy's father, Ibrahim Halil Dirlik, said the family had not realised until the next day that Muhammet had actually been hit by the car. He said he thought his son was crying because he had been upset at witnessing the accident.

The car's driver reportedly said he swerved to avoid running over a puppy and lost control of the car.

The accident happened in the town of Sanliurfa in the south east of the country.



http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148152495

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 13:18

Sorry, Bill!



I posted the same thing - but from the Beeb - an hour *after* you



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/17660.asp



Happy for you to delete / merge.. I "guarantee" to pay attention, from the back of class - whilst standing in the corner - wearing the Dunce's hat ;)

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 15:53

No worries Mark.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 16:13

Hi No1 and 6ms Remarkable lucky little boy. Thank God he wasnt hurt xx

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 19:28

The driver said he swerved to avoid a dog???





Surely that couldn't happen in Turkey!



Rob ;-)

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 19:59

ROBnJO



'The driver said he swerved to avoid a dog???'



Now I have heard this excuse before but for the life of me I cannot remember who it was.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 20:31

Just thank god the little boy is OK

But who would swerve nearly killing a child to prevent hitting a dog,

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 22:12

Thanks be that he is o.k. There was another incident

recently of Turkish man shown surviving an amazing accident

when he was caught between 2 large vehicles colliding.

Must be the "blue eye" protecting them, or something!

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 23:25

Dear Phylray



I think you mean THIS one



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7925009.stm





A 32-year-old man has survived with minor injuries after being hit by a flat-bed truck that was rammed by a train in Turkey.





Hope you can view it -outside of the UK...

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
25/06/2009 00:16

AJ you little tinker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!