Recklessly Driven Maruti Ertiga Overturns: Occupants Escape With Minor Injuries [Video]

Reckless driving is a major cause of accidents on Indian roads. We have seen several videos where people, especially young drivers who are a bit too confident about their driving skills and have no regard for their surroundings or other road users, perform stunts and drive recklessly on the road. Such stunts often do not end well. Here, we have one such video where an overconfident young driver in a Maruti Ertiga, along with other occupants, loses control of the car and overturns.

The video has been shared on Reddit by a user. In this video, we see a group of friends travelling in a Maruti Ertiga. As per the video, the accident happened in the Kalaburagi region of Karnataka. We see one of them driving the car. It looks like they were recording a video inside the cabin, probably to create a reel for social media.

The co-driver was a bit too eager to drive the car and asked his friend to pull over. The car stopped, and they swapped seats. They started driving again, and if you notice, neither of them was wearing a seat belt. Even the passengers were not wearing theirs.

All three rows were occupied, and everyone was dancing and jamming to the songs playing through the music system. The new driver started driving the car and, in no time, picked up speed. It was clear that he was driving faster than his friend.

It looked like the car was being driven on a relatively narrow road. He was driving fast without a seat belt and at a high speed — a perfect recipe for disaster. The driver was overconfident and kept pushing the car further. It appears that they suddenly spotted an obstacle or a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. In an attempt to avoid it, the Ertiga driver made a minor steering adjustment. However, due to the speed at which they were driving, that small adjustment was enough to make the car go out of control.

The video clearly shows the moment when the driver, co-driver, and passengers realized they were about to crash. The driver, who had been overly confident about his skills until then, also braced himself for impact. The car went off the road, hit a tree, and overturned.

What we hear next is a long conversation between the occupants of the car. They were all scolding the driver for being careless and damaging the car. We get a glimpse of the Ertiga lying upside down next to a tree.

The car looks seriously damaged, but thankfully, the occupants escaped the crash with only minor injuries. There were a couple of things wrong in this video. First of all, neither the driver nor the co-driver was wearing a seat belt. The driver was also speeding and driving carelessly, which caused the accident.

In India, it is always a good idea to practice defensive driving or riding techniques to ensure you don’t end up in a crash like this. This accident could have been easily avoided if the driver had been slightly more careful. He not only put his own life but also the lives of his friends and other road users at risk by being irresponsible on the road.