zomg an ambush! o_O

Ok, if it was turning then it wasn't running straight. This is getting more and more fishy... what was a "checkpoint" doing in a corner? >_<
And what was the delay between the strong light switch-on and the shooting? Was it a "reasonable" delay? The car was doing 40km/h, the soldiers probably didn't bother to wait, else the car would have been long gone and away...

I think it went that way: one of the soldiers got surprised when the car suddenly appeared (possibly out of a corner) and rushed thru the rules of engagement, shooting right away.