Away day blues as a lorry hits fans’ car
Sunderland fans woke up to see their cars damaged after witnessing the Black Cats comfortably beat Doncaster.
Sunderland fan Ron Monaghan, from Washington, got quite the surprise when he woke up at Doncaster’s Lakeside Premier Inn – a day after watching the Black Cats secure a three-nil win.
A lorry had lost control and smashed through the car park of the adjoining Beefeater restaurant and hotel, causing damage to around 17 cars in the process.
Ron, who was at the Doncaster match with his dad Ron and son Matthew, has spoke about the “carnage” he saw
when he woke up.
The 55-year-old retired firefighter said: “It all started as a normal away day, we parked in the Premier Inn car
park, went to the match, came back and checked in before getting some food and watching the Newcastle match on Sky and then went to bed.
"I think we woke up around 8.30am when Matthew and my dad noticed that something was going on in the car park, with Matthew commenting that my car had been bumped.
"I quickly went outside and it was just carnage, about 17 cars were damaged and most of them were written off, I’ve never seen so many breakdown trucks in one place.
"I’m pleased we were in bed when it happened, if the cars hadn’t been in the car park, the lorry would have easily hit the building.”
A South Yorkshire Police commented: “Police were called at 6.57am on Tuesday, December 28, to reports that a lorry had collided with several cars parked in a car park in Lakeside, Doncaster. No serious injuries were reported.”