Pedestrians including children had to quickly jump out the way when a speeding car mounts the pavement and damages parked cars.<\/p>\n
Police are looking into how a dangerous driver drove onto Third Avenue, in\u00a0 Bordesley Green forcing children and a cyclist to jump out of the way.<\/p>\n
The quick-thinking children immediately leapt into a driveway to escape being run over by the car before ‘bursting into tears’, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
The speeding grey vehicle scrapped alongside other parked cars, leaving five damaged.<\/p>\n
No one was injured and police are appealing for information.<\/p>\n
One local resident said two children, a boy and a girl aged around eight or nine, were in tears after they jumped out the path of the speeding car.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cI was sitting inside and I heard a loud bang.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came running out and heard all the commotion. The car was driving along the pavement at speed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople were jumping out the way. There were kids there because it was a half day, they jumped out of the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came out, they were crying. It\u2019s shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taxi driver Nadeem Ansari\u2019s white Pruis Hybrid people carrier was damaged and the wing mirror on his wife’s car was torn off in the rampage.<\/p>\n
Mr Ansari, 52, who was at home preparing for prayers when it happened, said: \u201cOne man was walking and one person was on a bike. They both went into my driveway.<\/p>\n
Car damage is fine, as long as children are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: “We were called at 1pm on May 17th. Five cars were damaged. There were no injuries and no one has been arrested.<\/p>\n
“Enquiries continue.”<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to contact police quoting log number 1005 of May 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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