Sedgley man flung through car sunroof tells of drama

A man who was flung through the sunroof of a car as it hurtled into a garden in Dudley has spoken of the "surreal" moment the crash happened and the freak act of physics that saved him.

Double-glazing salesman Dan Page, 31, said he could not believe he was still walking after the crash in Dudley.

He was flipped out of the car as his old school friend Kylee Weston, aged 30, lost control of her Peugeot 406 as she drove the two of them home after a night at the bingo.

"It was just a freak of physics that I came out of the top and survived," said Mr Page, of Sedgley.

The pair had recently met up again after 10 years and went out for an evening in Coseley. But on the way home at about 10.30pm, their date was cut short when Ms Weston took a corner too sharply and rolled her car through a garden wall in Brook Street, Woodsetton – sending Mr Page flying out of the sunroof.

The incredible crash was captured on CCTV cameras set up by retired drayman Howard Hampton, 74, after motorists started using the road as a rat run.

The footage, which featured in the Express & Star, shows Mr Page being catapulted 6ft into the air and landing on his face – before amazingly dusting himself down and walking back to the car.

Both escaped with just minor cuts and bruises.

Mr Page said today: "It's all a surreal blur.

"The sunroof wasn't even open at the time, it must have smashed on the first roll.

"As a double-glazing salesman I wouldn't usually condone a flimsy bit of glass – but I'm glad this shattered upon impact.

"If it hadn't of then I would have been slammed into the roof and I'd be dead.

"My luck had not been in for most of the night at the bingo hall – but it certainly did come the end of the night. I can't believe I'm still walking."

Mother-of-two Ms Weston added: "When I watched the footage back I just burst into tears. I was inches away of rolling the car on top of Dan. I remember in the seconds after it happened I look around and I couldn't see Dan anywhere.

"I expected to find him half way down the road and then he just popped up next to the car," said the officer worker, who lives in Sedgley. Stunned residents in Brook Street rushed outside after hearing the crash on July 8.

Mr Hampton was watching television inside when he heard the loud bang as the car crashed through the wall – and he was shocked when they later watched the drama unfold on the recording.

Mr Hampton added: "When I checked the footage back I was amazed – their car just somersaulted and then the man comes flying out the sun-roof. He was flung from the car like a ragdoll and it is amazing no-one was more badly hurt," he said.

By Heather Large