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Recently, according to media reports, on September 5, a Porsche Taycan crashed into the guardrail in Suzhou and caught fire, killing the owner. According to the on-site personnel revealed: passers-by want to rescue but can not open the door from the outside, the car personnel can not get out of trouble caused by burning alive. A friend of the owner said in an interview with the media: the owner of the couple drove out, hit the guardrail, the door can not open. When they tried to open the car door, they couldn't open it. In an instant, they caught fire and couldn't be rescued.

From the pictures exposed on the Internet, the fire of the vehicle was so strong that almost the whole vehicle was surrounded by raging fire. On the ground of the green belt on one side, there are also fragments of body parts suspected of falling from vehicle impact. In response to this matter, Porsche China related responsible person said, At present know this incident caused by traffic accident, Traffic police department has been involved in the investigation. No inquiries have been received from the police about the condition of the vehicle, and the accident remains to be officially investigated. If necessary by relevant departments, Porsche local dealers will actively cooperate with the police to investigate and collect evidence. No more details are available for the time being.

It is worth noting that there have been two recent incidents of vehicle accidents where the doors cannot be opened. On July 8, a Lexus LM300h collided with the waveform guardrail and elevated concrete pier in the middle of the road section on G7212 Quannan Expressway in Guigang City, Guangxi Province, causing serious damage to the front of the vehicle and continuous smoke. All the front airbags popped open. As the doors of the whole vehicle were locked, the personnel inside the vehicle could not escape normally. The passing drivers got off one after another to rescue the trapped personnel inside the vehicle. A truck driver used steel pipes to pry the co-driver's door continuously but failed to open it. Finally, passers-by rescued the main and co-driver's personnel through the broken window, but the tailgate and side door of the vehicle still could not be opened, the fire became bigger and bigger, and the rear passengers were unfortunately killed. Subsequently, Lexus officials issued a statement in response to the incident: "We are deeply saddened by the accident and express our most sincere concern to the casualties and their families." At the same time, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the enthusiastic masses who helped and rescued the wounded on the spot. At present, the local traffic police department is investigating the cause of the accident.

In August, another video about Guangzhou Toyota Corolla double-engine accident, serious crash of the vehicle head, white smoke constantly emitted, front airbag popped up, but the door was always locked after the accident was exposed on the Internet. As can be seen from the video, white smoke continues to emit after the vehicle is hit. A passer-by man tried to open the car doors to the rescue, but none of the doors could be opened. From the video, the man made a lot of effort, but there was still no way to open the door. Then the vehicle began to appear open fire, a number of people joined the rescue, together to try to pry open the door, even tried to pry open the door with a crowbar, but did not successfully open the door.

In this regard, some netizens pointed out: the front of the vehicle collision, a deformation of the door frame, even if the door can normally unlock the door is difficult to open, need to pry open violently; if the seat belt a trigger tension, even if the broken window is also very difficult to pull people out, need to cut off the seat belt to save people; if the engine intrudes into the cab and causes the occupant to be squeezed, basically can only wait for the fire brigade to use tools to cut open the body to rescue. There are also netizens said: Toyota airbag after the door does not automatically unlock, and lock the case, Toyota door inside handle when pulling will not automatically unlock, need to manually unlock after pulling the handle can open the door, other models generally pull once or twice inside handle will automatically unlock, resulting in collision driver unconscious circumstances, other owners in the organization of rescue will be very difficult, if again hit the door deformation, no breaking tools, more difficult.

In view of the problem that many doors cannot be opened, some professionals pointed out that when an accident occurs to a vehicle, the door will not be opened due to deformation of the vehicle body, but at least it should be unlocked first. For those who rescue outside the vehicle, the first time you encounter this situation, you can break the window, hit it with a hard object or break the window with a window breaker, turn the unlock switch from inside the vehicle or pull the door handle twice to open the door.

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