‘This silver car came rolling back out of nowhere’
Driver records terrifying footage on road...
A driver captured shocking dashcam footage of the moment a car careered backwards down a busy A-road into a tree, narrowly missing other traffic.
The video records the heartin-mouth moment the vehicle began to roll down Detling Hill, causing others to scramble out of the way.
The silver car’s back wheels lift off the ground as it becomes lodged in a tree and two people are seen running over to it.
No other vehicles were hit and no one was injured in the accident, which happened on the Sheppey- bound carriageway of the A249, shortly before 5pm on Wednesday. It is not believed anyone was inside the car at the time.
Driver Paul Morris- Hill captured the accident on his dashcam.
The 25- year- old software developer, from Canterbury, said: “I always drive that way home and there’s never much traffic really on that very steep hill. I was waiting about five or 10 minutes. It was stop-start.
“Then all of a sudden the lorry in front of me tried moving left into my lane. Then it started trying to move right.
“I didn’t see what was going on at first but then this silver car came rolling back out of nowhere. I’d never seen anything like it before. It just ploughed into the edge of the barrier and got catapulted up the tree.
‘It just ploughed into the edge of the barrier and got catapulted up the tree’
“These two people were sprinting after it – it was like a scene from Benny Hill.”
He added: “I’m really not sure why the car was empty. I think that maybe they had been in a little bump and both got out to check for damage.
“It’s amazing the car managed to miss other vehicles. It pinged off the crash barrier on the other side of the road like there was a slalom.
“The owners were running after it – they were a bit out of breath but fine. When I drove past I asked if they were okay and they said they were going to call the police.”
Officers closed the lane while the car was recovered. They had reopened it by 7.30pm.
To watch the video, visit tinyurl.com/KMdetlingroll