Historic village building narrowly avoids damage after car rolls down hill in Laxfield

An eyewitness contacted this newspaper to say a silver Volvo coupe had allegedly been parked without its handbrake engaged, before rolling down Laxfield Street and narrowly missing a row of cars and a truck delivering to the Co-op.

After reportedly rolling about 100 yards, the vehicle then came to rest when it hit a bollard.

The eyewitness said: “I was in the shop buying a paper. The sound of the car’s alarms going off alerted me and others to the little local drama.”

A young man, who was not believed to be the owner, had reportedly run alongside the car but could not apply the brake because the doors were locked.

The eyewitness added: “Had the bollard not stopped the car, its trajectory would suggest that it would had hit the Laxfield’s ancient moot hall wherein lies the local museum and a meeting room for the parish council, as well as the doctor’s consulting room.”

The incident, which police were not alerted to, took place at around 10.30am this morning.

It is believed there were no injuries.