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Man saves children in runaway car | Man saves children in runaway car |
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A father leapt into a runaway car to save his three young children after the brakes failed. | A father leapt into a runaway car to save his three young children after the brakes failed. |
Chris Cashmore had just put his children into the Toyota Previa when it started rolling down a steep bank towards a house in Plymouth, Devon. | Chris Cashmore had just put his children into the Toyota Previa when it started rolling down a steep bank towards a house in Plymouth, Devon. |
The 26-year-old scrambled into the front of the vehicle, pressing the brake with one hand and steering the car away from danger with the other. | The 26-year-old scrambled into the front of the vehicle, pressing the brake with one hand and steering the car away from danger with the other. |
Bradley, five, Courtney, 19 months and Demi six months were unhurt. | Bradley, five, Courtney, 19 months and Demi six months were unhurt. |
The car's door was torn off after it picked up speed running down the bank and crashed into a neighbour's garden fence. | |
Mr Cashmore said: "I felt the car rolling and I just panicked and jumped out and ran alongside it to get in the front seat. | Mr Cashmore said: "I felt the car rolling and I just panicked and jumped out and ran alongside it to get in the front seat. |
"I managed to put my right hand on the brake pedal and my other hand was on the steering wheel just trying to steer it away from the house. | "I managed to put my right hand on the brake pedal and my other hand was on the steering wheel just trying to steer it away from the house. |
"I was just glad all the kids were OK." | "I was just glad all the kids were OK." |
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