Woman has lucky escape after car crashes outside pub - WATCH
A woman had a lucky escape after a car ploughed into the bus stop she was sitting at just moments before.
Lorraine Alberts, aged 64, had got up from the bus stop near the corner of Brettell Lane and Collis Street to head back into The Starving Rascal pub, in Amblecote, after smoking a cigarette.
Just seconds later, a black VW Golf struck the shelter sending glass shattering on the pavement and leaving the frame of it destroyed.
Incredible footage has now been released showing the car careering into the side of the shelter.
WATCH: See the moment woman avoids crash by inches
Mrs Alberts had been enjoying a meal with her family at The Starving Rascal pub on Sunday afternoon.
Her son, Matt Alberts, said: "We had been out enjoying a meal at the pub but I went home about 3.15pm.
"Then I had a phone call from my mom just after 4.30pm saying she had nearly been run over because this car had just ploughed into the bus shelter.
"I rushed down there and she was as white as a sheet and in complete shock.
"She had been sitting there smoking a cigarette at that time when she got up to chuck half of it away. She had just literally avoided being hit by seconds."
Police say that the drivers of the car fled the scene but no arrests have been made at present.
It may be referred to the Traffic Collision Investigation team.
Mr Alberts continued: "A police officer commented on how lucky she was and said that she should buy a lottery ticket, but her response was that she has already won the lottery because she is still alive.
"Someone was really looking over her that day.
"At the minute she is still in shock but doing ok. She can't bring herself to watch the footage yet."
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "Two cars were involved in the incident but one of the cars smashed into the bus shelter leaving it significantly damaged.
"It happened on Sunday afternoon around 4.30pm.
"No one was injured."
