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Motorist drives into man in flood water - carrying him on bonnet - before knocking over woman

2023-10-26 30 Dailymotion

A motorist in floodwater collided with a man who ended up on the bonnet - then knocked a woman over.<br /><br />The video, filmed during Storm Babet, shows a motorist driving down Nottingham Road in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.<br /><br />As the motorist approaches the flooded area, a man attempts to block the vehicle without success. <br /><br />The man, who has not been named, ends up on the car's bonnet as the motorist continues to drives before hitting a woman - knocking her over into the water. <br /><br />An eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "[There was] a lot of screaming and 'Oh My Gods'."<br /><br />"I went outside as the floods were pretty bad and was on the scene for about 5 minutes before the incident happened. <br /><br />"The Volvo driver pulled up to the barriers where the road was closed - unsure who closed it." <br /><br />The man on the bonnet was said to be a local resident trying to stop vehicles from making waves that would increase the water levels in his flooded home.<br /><br />Both the man and the woman didn't appear seriously injured, according to the eyewitness.<br /><br />They added: "Unsure if there were any injuries. The woman got up very wet and was walking around. <br /><br />"When I got back to the scene after leaving about 30 minutes later she was walking around the road with a dressing gown on in dry clothes."<br /><br />Despite passersby shouting to call the emergency services, the filmer said they saw neither an ambulance nor a police car turn up.<br /><br />The footage was captured on October 21.

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