Watch the hair-raising moment woman tries to stop her runaway car smashing into her neighbour's house

By NationalWorld Team
Published 4th May 2021, 13:00 BST
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CCTV captures driver’s risky attempt to avoid disaster as her car rolls off her driveway and into the street

A young driver’s lucky escape from wrecking her car and her neighbour’s house has been caught on video.

CCTV footage shows Courtney Lovland desperately clinging to her Vauxhall Corsa as it rolls off her driveway, across a road and straight towards a neighbouring property, stopping just inches from disaster.

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Courtney, 22, had just parked on her drive and was about to unload the car but was forced to chase her car in blind panic after it began rolling out of the parking space.

Courtney Lovland tried to stop the runaway CorsaCourtney Lovland tried to stop the runaway Corsa
Courtney Lovland tried to stop the runaway Corsa

CCTV footage filmed outside her house in Harefield, Southampton, shows Courtney then desperately clinging to her car as it gathers speed.

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Despite looking as if it is about to plough straight into the neighbouring house, she said the car fortunately stopped just inches from the wall, after knocking down a small fence on her neighbour's drive.