Expert reveals why Kyle Sandilands' chauffeur sustained horrific injuries in car crash - and why driver of $1M Rolls-Royce walked away unscathed

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

A motoring expert has weighed in on the shocking crash that left Kyle Sandilands ' chauffeur with harrowing injuries.
George Plassaras, 52, was involved in a collision with a $1million Rolls-Royce in Sydney 's Rose Bay at 3.30am on Saturday.
The crash left Plassaras, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz van, with a broken spine, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and diaphragm, a torn open abdomen, two broken hips and two broken femurs.
Meanwhile, the young woman allegedly behind the wheel of the Rolls, LanLan Yang, escaped the collision unscathed.
Motoring expert Alborz Fallah, co-founder of website carexpert.com.au, has weighed in on the accident revealing why the driver of the Rolls-Royce escaped injury.
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He told Daily Mail that while both cars are considered safe, the size and weight differential between the two cars played an important role in the outcome of the collision.
'The Rolls-Royce Cullinan has a V12 engine at the front and a very long bonnet. It also weighs 300kg-plus more than the Mercedes-Benz van – which appears to be a Vito in this case,' he said.
'Both vehicles are considered safe, but in a head-on collision like that, there is no denying that physics, vehicle mass and dimensions play a big part in the impact result – as witnessed here.'
Fallah added that the incident could've been much worse if both vehicles weren't equipped with 'advanced safety systems'.
'The fortunate thing is that both drivers survived. Thanks in large to the advanced safety systems of both vehicles,' he said.
LanLan Yang crashed her $1million Rolls-Royce Cullinan into the Mercedes van being driven by Plassaras in Rose Bay on Saturday morning.
NSW Police allege 23-year-old Yang veered onto the wrong side of the road, having watched CCTV footage of the collision.
Plassaras, who runs Dakota Limousines, was trapped in the wreckage while bystanders called triple zero.
He could be heard yelling for help inside the crushed vehicle, as emergency crews from NSW Police Rescue and Fire and Rescue NSW worked to free him.
Police say Yang returned a positive result in a roadside breath test, and she was arrested at the scene.
At Waverley Police Station, she allegedly refused to undergo a breath analysis.
Yang was charged with causing bodily harm by misconduct while in charge of a motor vehicle, and refusing or failing to submit to a breath analysis.
She was granted conditional bail and ordered to surrender her passport.
Under the strict conditions, she has been prohibited from driving a car and must remain at her Waverley mansion between 8pm and 6am daily.
Yang is scheduled to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on August 15.
Speaking from the ICU on Wednesday's Kyle & Jackie O show, George revealed that he has a lengthy road to recovery.
'The Rolls-Royce Cullinan [pictured] has a V12 engine at the front and a very long bonnet. It also weighs 300kg-plus more than the Mercedes-Benz van – which appears to be a Vito in this case,' he said
'Both vehicles are considered safe, but in a head-on collision like that, there is no denying that physics, vehicle mass and dimensions play a big part in the impact result – as witnessed here, said motoring expert Alborz Fallah. Pictured: A Mercedes-Benz Vito
'I've got no right hip. It's totally gone,' Plassaras told hosts Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson.
'I've just been laying flat since Saturday, since the accident.'
Plassaras, who has known Sandilands for a decade, mentioned that he will need hip surgery on his driving leg, which will keep him off the road for some time.
He will also have to undergo a second operation on his knee.
The driver added that doctors will have to wait until his hip operation to ascertain the extent of the damage to his spine.
'I've basically got no hip. After the operation, I can't legally drive for six weeks,' Plassaras continued.
'After the hip [surgery], I've got to do my right knee, they've got to check my X-ray for my spine, once I do my hip.
'There's a long list of injuries.'