Woman Almost Flattened By Speeding Car After It Mounts Sidewalk

A female stepping down nan thoroughfare was almost deed by a car arsenic it mounted nan sidewalk and sped towards her.

Surveillance footage from 9 June shows nan female leaving Hallowell City Hall successful Maine, descending nan steps earlier turning onto Winthorp Street.

A reddish Ford Mustang abruptly appears, hitting a streetlight arsenic it plows towards nan woman. According to metropolis officials, nan conveyance missed nan woman, a codification enforcement officer, by specified inches.

The out-of-control conveyance continued driving down nan street, narrowly missing pedestrians and different vehicles, earlier coming to a stop. No injuries were reported.

Officials said nan abrupt acceleration was owed to a level mat that had go lodged against nan accelerator pedal.