HELLO DOLLY: The 'personal' luggage in the crashed Fiesta t
Blow-up doll blunder
Dean Kirby
26/ 9/2008
IT'S the last thing you want to happen when you have something in your car of a rather, ahem, personal nature.
Crashing into the Co-op is bad enough but when a blow-up doll inflates and pops up at the back window, you know it's not your day.
As in the classic episode of Only Fools And Horses, the latex temptress was there for everyone to see after the Ford Fiesta and Fiat Punto crashed in Liverpool Road, Irlam.
Either that, or it was an exotic airbag.
Mavis Batty,
who went outside after she heard the smash, said: "I heard a loud bang and went outside to see what was happening. I couldn't believe it.
"I'm amazed no one was killed. It looked like the emergency services were trying to get someone out of the back - maybe it was the rubber doll."
A police spokesman said both drivers - one presumably red faced - had spoken to officers. No one was hurt and no arrests made. The shop was closed when the smash happened.
Gary Booth, who runs the Irlam Boxing Academy above the store, said: "The Fiesta went right through the front of the shop."
Gillian Dunne, 43, rang the police because she feared the shop was being ram-raided.
She said: "I heard a loud bang and called the police. The cars looked like they were both write-offs."
Neighbour Steve Barratt said: "I heard the crash and went out to see what was happening.
"A group of lads got out of the cars but I didn't see the doll."
Ah.. HOV lanes have a lot to answer for then
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