Greenock Telegraph | News | Bride-to-be has lucky escape

Friday, 21st November, 2008

Published: Saturday, 6th April, 2002 00:00

Bride-to-be has lucky escape

Print Article

BRIDE-TO-BE Francisca McLoone escaped death by inches when a lamp-post crashed through the back window of her car.

And in a second accident later, a toddler was thrown underneath a car but, amazingly, escaped serious injury.

Francisca (39) was driving from her home in Gourock to collect her wedding dress from a shop in Glasgow.

She was on Shore Street when she saw lamp-posts on an oncoming lorry tilt to the side.

She said: “I heard one of the lamp-posts catch on a parked delivery van, wondered if I should brake or keep going to get away from it, and then heard it bounce on the car and smash through the back window.

“I tried to drive away from it before I pulled over and stopped.”

Francisca, who is infant head teacher at St Aloysius College, Glasgow, was shaken but uninjured.

“If you think about what could have happened it is a bit frightening, and it is not something I would want to repeat, but these things happen,” she said.

“I’m a bit shaken, but otherwise all right - but my wedding dress is still in the shop!”

Francisca, of Victoria Road, is to marry Moray Davidson at St Ninian’s Church, Gourock, later this month.

Later, a two-year-old boy was injured when he was involved in a collision with a car on Gourock seafront.

At first it was feared the youngster was trapped under the car but, by the time emergency crews arrived, he was being cradled in his mother's arms.

The accident took place on Ashton Road, near Victoria Road around 7.30.

The boy was treated at Inverclyde Royal Hospital for a cut lip and bruising to his face and allowed home. The driver of the car was treated for shock.

Traffic inspector John Malcolm said: "The boy had a lucky escape. It could have been a lot worse.

"Although we are not blaming the driver in this case, we would urge motorists to be aware that, with the lighter nights, more children are about and there's a greater risk of them running from between parked cars."

Social Bookmarking What are these?