Two women were hit by a Nissan X-Trail on a sidewalk in Yakutia, Russia, with one of them getting pinned as the driver of the SUV kept confusing the gas with the brake pedal over and over again.
According to News YKT, the driver turned out to be an employee of the Chamber of Attorneys of Yakuta and due to his actions, one of the victims ended up with a concussion and a broken rib, whereas the other suffered ligament damage and other bruises.
“The driver goes unpunished,” stated one of the victims, which is indeed troubling seen as how this accident could have proven fatal to both of them. She then added that the driver of the X-Trail called her later on to say that he wanted to solve this problem. “I do not know what he meant. I answered that I would meet him only with his lawyer,” she explained.
As for the footage, it’s quite troubling to see pedestrians get hit on the sidewalk – especially when the driver is unable to stop the car and actually keeps accelerating into them, as was the case here.
Had we not seen the woman that got pinned get up and move away from the car, we could have easily assumed the worst considering how the X-Trail was apparently crushing her even after the initial hit took place.
Let’s hope that the driver won’t just be let off the hook, because even the simplest of mistakes should prove costly if the consequences are as severe as what we witnessed here.