It was noon on Sunday 26 February, when the family of the Υπάτιου Πατμάνογλου and George Vakakis, with co-driver Andreas Georgakopoulos move their cars to the National Road Athens – Lamia, in the output current. At the height of Thebes, the Υπάτιος Πατμάνγλου has stopped in the parking lot.
According to a story in the newspaper “Nation”, at the same time on the 75th kilometer of the National Road, a spot known as “straight of Thebes”, the young driver moves with a speed of over 260 km./time.
According to the video from the security cameras, at 15:47:31 the Υπάτιος opens the door of his car and headed for the toilets. Nine seconds later, namely on 15:47:40, the Υπάτιος has entered the building. Inside the car, a gray Honda, is the 33-year-old wife and 3-year-old son.
Six seconds later, the camera “catches” the black Porsche starts spinning moving out of control and with tremendous speed, with the tail section hits the curb of the entrance to the parking lot. Just a second later, at 15:47:47, the two cars collide with such violence that the tank of the Honda dematerialises, the fuel dispersed in the air, the motor ejected at a distance of 85 meters and the two vehicles are cut literally in half. The death of all four people was instantaneous.
The footage from the traffic cams, which is to the knowledge of the “Nation of Sunday”, recorded frame by frame the dramatic minutes that followed the collision. After the explosions and fire broke out at the point of the accident, there is a picture of Υπάτιος Πατμανόγλου running distraught from the lavatories, coming face to face with images of destruction. Obviously unable to perceive the spectacle that you can see what happened in about 30 seconds that have elapsed. It goes up and down, holding his head with his hands. Moving around the building, looking for signs of life of the loved ones of the people.
To help rushing three people from the factory located just behind the parking lot. Two men and a woman running around with fire extinguishers in hands, trying to put out as as the front piece of the Porsche that is wedged between empty bottles in the plot of the factory. The flames subside and the tragic father and a wife makes a desperate attempt to search the wreckage for any sign. At that time, it is noted μικÏοÎκÏηξη, forcing the Material. Πατμανόγλου to run instinctively away from the point. Spend several minutes, until we pick up the phone and call for help, apparently being in a state of shock.
In the video, and specifically at 15:55:39 there’s a car pulling into the oncoming traffic. No driver exits the vehicle and neither seems to make a move. From the images recorded by the cameras, there is no involvement in this case, moreover, would have to cross the highway, which is impossible. Probably this is the guide published and videos with the sporty Audi R8, which finally confirmed that it belonged to footballer Silva Clayton.
The camera “catches” the anthracite Audi R8 which belongs to the Brazilian football player to enter in a parking lot at 15:57:29, almost ten minutes after the collision. Stops at the beginning of the auxiliary space of the national road and Clayton descends from his car, but the camera does not record what he’s doing. The smoke is dense and “covers” the point where you stopped the player. The video stops at 15:59:59, i.e. to the time change before 16.00 in the afternoon. In accordance with information of the “Nation”, and there’s a second video that shows the point of the National before the parking lot.
The second video
In this depicted a black Mercedes benz, which reportedly moves at a speed of about 160 km. At 15:47:44, three seconds before the accident, it appears the black Porsche.
Skips from left the Mercedes and immediately after it seems to break down the back right tire, to make a small maneuver to the left and then loses control and gets steep right slope. Is located in a lateral position and is slid towards the parking lot, where it finally “nailed” with the tail section of the Honda. This scene lasts just 2.5 seconds.
What caused the car accident
Experts Grigoris Michalopoulos and George Haronitis appreciate that the cause of the loss of support of the Porsche was the “puncture” of the back right tyre.
Initially there was information that it was old tires, however, on the basis of the investigations and the evidence, the disputed tyre was the most new.
The three tires have a production date to the 48th week of 2006 and the back right tire, the one that “ran away”, has the production date to the 33rd week of 2007.
Part of the back tyre was found at a distance of 150 meters from the accident.
In addition to skid marks there are 100 meters before the point of collision. Detached a large part of the tread which is reinforced with steel wires for added strength.
In accordance with information of the “Nation”, the young driver allegedly had time to react when he realized the loss of control, by pressing the brake.
However, the four-piston “calipers” brake, mangled him the wheels of the Porsche was moving at a speed greater than 260 km, and the vehicle began to πλαγιολισθαίνει.
According to experts, the reaction time of the 24-year-old driver is estimated at 0.6 – 0.7 to a fraction of a second.
In addition to the examination of the soles of the tire, showed that these had a thickness over 6 mm, and do not show signs of overheating.
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