[Chetan_Rao]

Originally Posted by krishnakarthik1

... Brutal accident of a Hycross ZX. I have never seen this kind of destruction on any vehicle. It's as if the entire body shell is made of cardboard.

There's no details in either the article or the clip within as to what actually happened.

If that roof got ripped clean as part of the impact (and not cut later to extract people), then it's likely a case of the car T-boning a tall-ish container bed.

All speculative, until we know what actually happened.

What happened to all those ADAS features? If and when it does get tested will it even get 2 stars? Or is the outcome just the result of a huge truck and a tree that any car would have become like that.

Car Vs. container truck followed by a tree? No stars are saving you. NCAP stars OR lucky stars.

ADAS is driver assist, not driver immunity. Equipment can't defy physics.

[arunphilip]

Originally Posted by krishnakarthik1

Or is the outcome just the result of [...] a tree that any car would have become like that.

Crash into any reasonably-sized tree - the tree wins.
Crash into a telephone/electric pole with a deep foundation - the pole wins.

Only if the tree is young enough to break/flex can the car win. Likewise, poles in Western cities are engineered to break off in case of a collision, for vehicular safety. But traditional poles that are deeply sunk (e.g. because they carry heavy cables, not just a light fixture), they'll cut through any car like a hot knife through butter.

The way to survive a collision with a tree or a pole is not to get into one in the first place.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by arunphilip

Only if the tree is young enough to break/flex can the car win.

I think that the fact that trees, even fair-sized ones, have some flex, is one of their ways of winning against cars. Hit the tree, it flexes. Then it flexes back. First you hit the tree, then the tree hits you!

[Doonite]

Originally Posted by krishnakarthik1

Shell shocked to see this on my twitter timeline. Brutal accident of a Hycross ZX. I have never seen this kind of destruction on any vehicle. It's as if the entire body shell is made of cardboard.

What happened to all those ADAS features? If and when it does get tested will it even get 2 stars? Or is the outcome just the result of a huge truck and a tree that any car would have become like that.

Requesting experts here to kindly analyse and give us their opinions. Very sad loss of lives.

Link below
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../115201022.cms

This accident happened roughly 2-3 kilometres away from my home and I am not kidding when I say this accident has absolutely horrified everybody in the city.

I cannot share the actual accident aftermath video here as it is so gruesome, even I was speechless for a moment as to what I just watched. (One guy's head has been decapitated clean! & the rest is just too hard to put into words)

I haven't seen the official news, but heard from my neighborhood uncles that 6 people (very young adults) passed away at the spot and 1 is critical in the hospital. As per them, the SUV was being driven by adults who were stupid drunk and at high-speed. It crashed into a truck container (?), then flipped across to the other side of the road and onto the tree.

It's believable they may have been at insane speeds because that spot is known as a speeding and accident prone area since I got my license 10 years back.

I hope the departed rest in peace, the survivor makes it through and the parents find strength in this difficult time.

Edit: added gmaps image & marked the exact location.