The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Driver ‘shaken’ by accident involving lorry in city centre
A father of two said he was left shaken and without a car after a crash in Dundee city centre.
The man was driving his Volkswagen Passat when it was involved in a collision with a lorry in Meadowside on Saturday afternoon.
The vehicles narrowly avoided hitting the nearby Rad Apples pub during the incident at 1.15pm.
Police attended and nobody was injured. But the Passat driver, who asked not to be named, said he had been left shaken and stranded by the crash.
He said: “I’m a dad with two young kids and now I don’t have a car.
“I’m not sure if it’s written off yet but it cost me about £7,000 and if I have to get a new one that could be about £5,000.”
The driver needed to be taken home by a mechanic.
He added: “I live in Carnoustie so I need the car to get here. I was quite shaken after the crash.”
Police were directing traffic away from the accident site.
One passerby said: “I didn’t see the crash but when I came round from Victoria Road the lorry and car were both in the road.
“There were people standing about assessing the damage, the car looked badly smashed up.”
A police spokesman said: “We received a report of a crash involving a car and lorry on Meadow Lane around 1pm.
“No reports of injuries, and details exchanged.”