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Lucky escape as car is left hanging in Bath | This is Bath
A motorist had a lucky escape after she lost control of her car and it ploughed towards the living room window of a basement flat.
The Honda was left hanging precariously over a 7ft drop after the incident in Darlington Street.
It is thought the driver failed to negotiate the roundabout at the bottom of Bathwick Hill and crashed through some temporary fencing put up after a previous incident, with only scaffolding preventing her from plunging through the flat window.
Laura Wilkins, who lives in the flat, was in when the accident happened and said the outcome could have been very different.
The 26-year-old hairdresser said: "If the scaffolding hadn't been there, she would have come straight through the window into the living room. It is very scary to think about."
She added that it was the fifth such incident over the past ten years, with the most recent in May.
That accident involved a minibus skidding into the side of the building in the middle of the night and wiping out the railings, coming to rest by the front door.
No one was injured in that crash either, but Miss Wilkins' mother Debbie Cavell, who lives in another flat in the building, said that something needed to be done before someone was killed.
She said: "It is disgusting how many accidents can happen at the same site. The accident this week was bad enough, but the one with the minibus looked like a scene from Casualty. It was just horrendous."
She added that it was lucky that her daughter had not been injured, saying: "It is very scary to be honest. When the other accident happened we were both living upstairs but it scared us silly – we were shaking.
"Now that she is downstairs I am really worried. I am surprised the council has taken so long to put any barriers up. What are they waiting for?"
There had been a dispute between the landlord of the property, Geoffrey Lee, and Bath and North East Somerset Council over who should pay to repair the damage and make the site safer to prevent further accidents.
In light of the latest crash, at around 2.30pm on Monday, the local authority has now agreed to pay the £600 cost of putting in bollards on the pavement.
A spokesman said: "Following the discussions with the owner of the property the council has decided to invest in bollards, given the number of recent accidents in this location in order to enhance public safety and protect the public realm."
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“Is that Lady in the pic really 26????? must be all the traffic fumes or the stress of worrying whether a car will crash through your window”
Lucky escape as car is left hanging in Bath | This is Bath
A motorist had a lucky escape after she lost control of her car and it ploughed towards the living room window of a basement flat.
The Honda was left hanging precariously over a 7ft drop after the incident in Darlington Street.
It is thought the driver failed to negotiate the roundabout at the bottom of Bathwick Hill and crashed through some temporary fencing put up after a previous incident, with only scaffolding preventing her from plunging through the flat window.
Laura Wilkins, who lives in the flat, was in when the accident happened and said the outcome could have been very different.
The 26-year-old hairdresser said: "If the scaffolding hadn't been there, she would have come straight through the window into the living room. It is very scary to think about."
She added that it was the fifth such incident over the past ten years, with the most recent in May.
That accident involved a minibus skidding into the side of the building in the middle of the night and wiping out the railings, coming to rest by the front door.
No one was injured in that crash either, but Miss Wilkins' mother Debbie Cavell, who lives in another flat in the building, said that something needed to be done before someone was killed.
She said: "It is disgusting how many accidents can happen at the same site. The accident this week was bad enough, but the one with the minibus looked like a scene from Casualty. It was just horrendous."
She added that it was lucky that her daughter had not been injured, saying: "It is very scary to be honest. When the other accident happened we were both living upstairs but it scared us silly – we were shaking.
"Now that she is downstairs I am really worried. I am surprised the council has taken so long to put any barriers up. What are they waiting for?"
There had been a dispute between the landlord of the property, Geoffrey Lee, and Bath and North East Somerset Council over who should pay to repair the damage and make the site safer to prevent further accidents.
In light of the latest crash, at around 2.30pm on Monday, the local authority has now agreed to pay the £600 cost of putting in bollards on the pavement.
A spokesman said: "Following the discussions with the owner of the property the council has decided to invest in bollards, given the number of recent accidents in this location in order to enhance public safety and protect the public realm."
Comments
“Is that Lady in the pic really 26????? must be all the traffic fumes or the stress of worrying whether a car will crash through your window”