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“Miracle” escape as tractor
ploughs into pensioner’s front garden
25.10.17
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An elderly woman had a
miracle escape this morning after a tractor
and trailer ploughed into her front garden narrowly
missing her house by about ten feet. |
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The scene of a crash in Buncrana on Wednesday morning after a tractor and
trailer ploughed through a front garden wall,
narrowly missing the resident pensioner’s house. |
The crash happened in Buncrana at about 9am, minutes
after the busy school rush, when children would have
been passing the pensioner’s house on their way to
school. The nearby road would also have been much
busier with school and worker traffic just a short
time before.
It is understood the tractor, belonging to a local
construction firm, may have lost power as it
travelled down the steep road, locally known as
‘Hill Head’. |
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The scene of a crash in Buncrana on Wednesday morning after a tractor and
trailer ploughed through a front garden wall. |
The vehicle apparently
careered to the right across the oncoming carriageway before mounting a kerb. It then
travelled across a green area, ploughed through the
pensioner’s front garden wall before coming to a
halt just feet from the small local authority
bungalow.
Neighbours were left shocked and concerned for the
elderly resident, aged in her 70s, who lives alone
at Lisowen Avenue, just a five-minute walk from
Buncrana town centre.
She was seen by two public health nurses shortly
after the accident. Neighbours say she heard a loud
bang at the time of the crash but was otherwise
physically unhurt.
However, she regularly stands at her front pillar to
chat to neighbours and is said to be shocked and
worried following the accident.
The driver of the tractor was unhurt in the
incident. |
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The scene of a crash in Buncrana on Wednesday morning after a tractor and
trailer ploughed through a front garden wall. |
One local resident
said: “It’s a miracle nobody was killed. The tractor
could have gone into the front of the house and
there could have been wains (children) or anyone
walking in front of the house when it happened. It’s
terrible.”
Employees of the construction company are currently
working to free the tractor. Its front right tyre
was badly damaged and buckled in the accident and
requires replacement before attempts can be made to
remove it. An investigation is expected to get
underway shortly into the cause of the crash. |
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