Driver and children hospitalised after black BMW slams into parked cars in Bradford
Shocking moment black BMW barrels into parked vehicles leaving driver, 31, with life-changing injuries and three children in car needing hospital treatment
- BMW clips a parked car in Lister Avenue, Bradford before rolling onto its roof
- 31-year-old driver is in hospital in serious condition with ‘life-changing injuries’
- He had three children in the car with him, who are reportedly in stable condition
- West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam or CCTV clips
This is the shocking moment a driver, with three children inside his car, ploughed into a set of parked vehicles and overturned in a quiet residential street.
Video footage shows the black BMW clipping the front of a parked silver BMW, rolling onto its roof and eventually slamming into metal fencing in Bradford, west Yorkshire.
The minute-long CCTV clip, which shows multiple angles of the crash impact and the devastating aftermath, has been shared online.
The devastating aftermath in Lister Avenue, Bradford, west Yorkshire after a 31-year-old driver slammed into two parked cars (right) and was left hospitalised
A 31-year-old man suffered life-changing injuries and is fighting for his life in hospital where he remains in a serious condition.
Three children were also in the car with him, with all of them being subsequently taken to hospital. The trio were hurt but are not thought to have suffered life-changing injuries.
The crash happened in the quiet residential street of Lister Avenue, Bradford at around 5.30pm on Monday, August 9.
Video footage shows the black BMW clipping the front of a parked silver BMW, rolling onto its roof and eventually slamming into metal fencing
The crash happened in the quiet residential street of Lister Avenue, Bradford at around 5.30pm on Monday, August 9
CCTV footage shows the moment the black BMW smashes into two parked cars, a silver BMW and a red Mercedes.
Debris is seen strewn across the road as the black BMW barrels through the air before rolling onto its roof and into the middle of a busy junction.
At the end of the clip, three police officers are pictured examining the scene and the battered remains of the black car.
The driver, a 31-year-old man, was immediately rushed to hospital and has suffered life-changing injuries.
The three children in the car were also taken to hospital, but their condition is said to be stable.
One resident who lives on the street told YorkshireLive the sound of the crash was ‘like a bomb had gone off.’
The owner of one of the two parked cars, which were wrecked in the accident, said the collision ‘sounded like a bomb had gone off’.
Another local said: ‘I heard them drive past my house on Lister Avenue so fast and then I heard the crash at the bottom of the road.’
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for any witnesses who were present at the time of the crash or anyone with CCTV or dash cam footage that could assist their enquiries.
