Terrifying moment silver Mercedes rolls down hill onto busy Rochdale road
Watch the terrifying moments a runaway Mercedes rolls down a grassy hill straight into the path of oncoming traffic.
A garage owner has said he was left stunned after spotting a runaway car caught on CCTV outside his business. Mohammed Yousaf shared the footage of a silver Mercedes rolling down a hill onto a busy road, missing oncoming traffic by seconds.
The 58-year-old, who has run the Auto Shop garage on Milkstone Road in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, since 1984, said: "We were closed, but I had nine messages saying that there was an incident.
"When I saw the video, I thought - how have they managed to survive that? It was shocking. I couldn't believe it. My mouth stayed open for a few seconds."
The video shows the vehicle turning into a car park in Rochdale, Gtr Manchester, before failing to stop and ploughing down a grassy slope. The car then rolls across a two-way road - narrowly avoiding vehicles travelling in both directions in the incident on Sunday (April 12).
Mohammed added: "It's one of the busiest roads in Rochdale. I thought it was a miracle that it wasn't worse. They were extremely lucky. It could have been a disaster."
He believes the driver may have accidentally accelerated instead of braking while attempting to park. Despite decades running the garage, Mohammed said nothing like it had happened before - although there have been "a lot of incidents over many years" on the same route.