A WOMAN was left trapped and hanging from her seatbelt in her car for almost an hour after skidding off the road.
Mags Stewart, 28, said it felt like she was “driving on ice” before plunging down the steep embankment.
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And Ms Stewart, from Fort William, was only saved after a trucker only known as Dougie spotted her hazard lights in the dark.
Ms Stewart was driving home from Lochearnhead, Stirlingshire, when her Vauxhall Antara skidded off the road on a dangerous stretch of the A82 near Corran Ferry, Highlands.
It plunged down an embankment and rolled on to its roof, leaving her hanging upside down by her seatbelt.
She said: “I was driving very carefully but the car just started skidding. It felt like I was driving on ice.
“It slid over to the other side of the road, then rolled about 20ft down an embankment.
“It ended up on its roof and I was caught in my seatbelt, hanging upside down.
“I was really scared because it was dark and I didn’t know if the car was going to fall any further.”
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She could not tell if the car was on the ground or whether it was suspended in the air, and was afraid to cut herself free for fear she would fall through the windscreen.
It was only when Dougie found Ms Stewart almost an hour later that she was able to receive any help.
She added: “All my doors were stuck. I’m not sure if it was the impact from rolling or all the trees and shrubs, but I couldn’t get out.
“My phone had died so I couldn’t call for help.
“I put my hazard lights on, but I was too far down the bank for drivers to see me. Then a lorry came along and I heard someone shouting down asking if there was anyone in the car. I just shouted back: ‘Help me’.
“He came down to me, but he couldn’t open the doors.
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“I eventually got my seatbelt off and landed awkwardly on my left shoulder on the windscreen then crawled along the inside of the roof and he opened the boot to let me out”
Ms Stewart now hopes to contact Dougie to thank him for saving her.
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