Tragic: Dr Judit Nadal, 47, an expert in the study of proteins, died in a car crash in Hendon, north-west London
A leading British academic has been killed after her tiny electric car was involved in a crash.
Dr Judit Nadal, 47, died after her blue G-Wiz collided with a Skoda Octavia.
Known as Dr Nagy in the academic world, rather than by her married name, Dr Nadal was head of a research facility at Imperial College, south-west London, where she led groundbreaking work into finding solutions to a vast range of illnesses.
It is believed she was on her way home from the university when the accident happened on the A41 Hendon Way.
The safety of the ‘eco-friendly’ G-Wiz has been questioned previously.
In 2007, a crash test for Top Gear Magazine found a collision at 40mph would leave the occupants with ‘life-threatening injuries’.
Experts at the Transport Research Laboratory were so concerned about the Indian-made G-Wiz that they refused to risk their more sophisticated £130,000 crash test dummies – full of electronic instruments – in the test for fear of them being wrecked.
Instead, they used a cheaper, more basic variety.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323012/Top-scientist-killed-G-Wiz-electric-car-horror-smash.html
Dr Judit Nadal, 47, died after her blue G-Wiz collided with a Skoda Octavia.
Known as Dr Nagy in the academic world, rather than by her married name, Dr Nadal was head of a research facility at Imperial College, south-west London, where she led groundbreaking work into finding solutions to a vast range of illnesses.
It is believed she was on her way home from the university when the accident happened on the A41 Hendon Way.
The safety of the ‘eco-friendly’ G-Wiz has been questioned previously.
In 2007, a crash test for Top Gear Magazine found a collision at 40mph would leave the occupants with ‘life-threatening injuries’.
Experts at the Transport Research Laboratory were so concerned about the Indian-made G-Wiz that they refused to risk their more sophisticated £130,000 crash test dummies – full of electronic instruments – in the test for fear of them being wrecked.
Instead, they used a cheaper, more basic variety.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323012/Top-scientist-killed-G-Wiz-electric-car-horror-smash.html
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