The accident was the result of an "unbelievable series of circumstances," the local prosecutor said.

Three teenagers were killed when their car skidded off the road in southern France, went through a wall and crashed upside down in a private pool, trapping them inside.

The vehicle was a similar size to the pool and the teenagers - aged 14, 15 and 19 - were unable to open the doors and drowned.

  • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The article mentioned that the pool was roughly the size of the car and that it would’ve been too snug for them to open the doors.

    This is one of those one in 1 trillion situations where everything had to work out exactly for it to happen.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      This particular manner of death is one in a trillion. The odds that these three were going to die in a car together was quite a bit closer to parity.