A driver has had a miracle escape after his car left a motorway and smashed onto the road below. The accident happened on Saturday afternoon on the M876 motorway at Dennyloanhead, Falkirk.The vehicle hit the pavement about 30ft below, rolled several times and ended up on its side. Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene but the driver was helped from the car with a chipped tooth and cut head and taken to a nearby house.
Several young boys had been playing below the motorway flyover.
One told the BBC Scotland news website: "We heard something and turned round and saw the car in mid-air - I'm sure it was upright flying through the air, it then came down and hit the kerb not far from us. It rolled several times across the road and came to rest on its side."
Another witness, Thomas Beresford, who is also a first-aider, came across the accident. He said: "When I arrived I saw the car on its side and the driver signalling with his arm through the driver's window. By the time I got up there he was already out of the car, sitting on the wall. He seemed to just have had a cut on his head and a chipped tooth and was able to walk away."
Central Scotland Police said the 21-year-old driver was taken to Stirling Royal Infirmary but was described as "walking wounded".
3 comments:
I've never understood why they put bridges in the middle of the road. It's such a dangerous place. Anyone who's driving whilst drunk, asleep or under the age of 21 can't possibly be expected to spot them when they're speeding, at night, in the rain, during foggy spells.
I know, crazy isn't it. Them bridges are almost as dangerous as those red & green flashy light things, people are always stopping at them to stare. There's an accident just waiting to happen !
Can't resist the old joke about the driver being stopped by the cops for speeding and for driving dangerously in the middle of the road. The driver insisted that his licence allowed him to do this. Questioned further, he pulled the licence from his pocket and pointed out the exact words - Tear along dotted line.
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