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| Bude: Car ping-pongs into nine vehicles say witnesses | Bude: Car ping-pongs into nine vehicles say witnesses |
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| Clare White said it appeared the car "ping-ponged down the street, hitting cars each side" | Clare White said it appeared the car "ping-ponged down the street, hitting cars each side" |
| Nine cars were damaged when a car "ping-ponged" down a residential street in Cornwall. | Nine cars were damaged when a car "ping-ponged" down a residential street in Cornwall. |
| It happened when a car crashed into vehicles in Victoria Avenue, Bude, on Wednesday evening, said eyewitnesses. | It happened when a car crashed into vehicles in Victoria Avenue, Bude, on Wednesday evening, said eyewitnesses. |
| Cars were shunted into each other and nurse Clare White called it a "night of carnage". | Cars were shunted into each other and nurse Clare White called it a "night of carnage". |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Inquiries are currently ongoing to locate the driver of the suspect vehicle." | Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Inquiries are currently ongoing to locate the driver of the suspect vehicle." |
| Glass is strewn across the road after the impacts | Glass is strewn across the road after the impacts |
| Ms White said: "It's a really close-knit community in the street, so it's affected everyone. | Ms White said: "It's a really close-knit community in the street, so it's affected everyone. |
| "It appears that the car ping-ponged down the street, hitting cars each side. | "It appears that the car ping-ponged down the street, hitting cars each side. |
| "The force of the impact on my car drove it into the one in front, I have never seen anything like it, it's awful. | "The force of the impact on my car drove it into the one in front, I have never seen anything like it, it's awful. |
| "Thank goodness no-one was injured." | "Thank goodness no-one was injured." |
| Cars were shunted into each other by the force of the impacts | Cars were shunted into each other by the force of the impacts |
| Gym owner Zoe Gascoyne said: "We heard an almighty bang and the whole road came out. | Gym owner Zoe Gascoyne said: "We heard an almighty bang and the whole road came out. |
| "This car had zig-zagged down the road shunting cars into each other. | "This car had zig-zagged down the road shunting cars into each other. |
| "They must have been flying down the road to have had that impact on so many cars." | "They must have been flying down the road to have had that impact on so many cars." |
| Some residents helped a driver from a car thought to have hit the others before he and three occupants disappeared, she said. | Some residents helped a driver from a car thought to have hit the others before he and three occupants disappeared, she said. |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said inquiries were ongoing to find the driver of the suspect vehicle | Devon and Cornwall Police said inquiries were ongoing to find the driver of the suspect vehicle |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said it had been called at about 21:00 GMT "to reports of several cars being damaged on Victoria Road in Bude by another vehicle". | Devon and Cornwall Police said it had been called at about 21:00 GMT "to reports of several cars being damaged on Victoria Road in Bude by another vehicle". |
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