AN elderly woman was in shock and unable to tell police yesterday how
her car careered along a village footpath, killing three people and
injuring nine others.
The condition of Mrs Nellie Mole, 72, under medical care at her home
near the scene of the accident in New Milton, Hampshire, meant that what
happened remains a mystery, police said.
Officers were interviewing some of the injured about what one
policeman described as ''totally unbelievable carnage''.
The dead were a cyclist and two pedestrians, and there were four
children among the injured. Four people are still in hospital. Mrs Mole
was able to leave hospital after treatment.
Hampshire police chronicled the accident which happened as Saturday
shoppers went about their errands:
At 3.45pm, the Rover with Mrs Mole at the wheel crossed the
carriageway of New Milton's main street, Station Road, hitting a parked
car. It collided with a Ford Fiesta driven by Jean Tucker, 67, who
escaped uninjured.
The Rover then collided with cyclist Mrs Hazel Danks, 67, who was
''carried for some distance by the Rover as it collided with other
cars''. Mrs Danks, of New Milton, was killed;
The car went on to mount the footpath and collided with four cars.
Three children in one were injured, none of seriously.
It then hit pedestrian Mrs Joan Abbot, 35, and her daughter Amanda,
13. Mrs Abbot, of Hordle, Hants, died in hospital. Her daughter suffered
serious head injuries.
The car collided with pedestrian Mrs Audrey Williams, 72, of Llantwit
Major, South Glamorgan, who was certified dead at the scene.
Five more pedestrians were hit by the car. Two were injured seriously.
The Rover was brought to a standstill by a lamp post. The road was
closed for more than four hours.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
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