Officers carrying out searches after reports that a man was trapped in a vehicle during Storm Babet have recovered a body.
07.10.2023 - 18:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
This is the horror moment when a pedestrian was hit by a car while trying to protect his home from floods.
Police have launched a probe after the incident happened on Glasgow Road in Dumbarton at around 12.30pm on Saturday. In the clip a resident can be seen leaving her flat as she begins to film a commotion on the street.
Cars can be seen slowly passing down the flooded street as the torrential rain continues to batter the town. A horn can then be heard beeping before a person screams, as a man is thrown to the ground after being knocked down by a car.
The resident filming can be heard saying "wow, wow" as the driver continues up the street. The car then stops at a set of traffic lights before the man who was knocked down comes running towards it.
Another eyewitness can be heard shouting "get him out of that motor". The man then reaches through the driver's window and appears to try and strike them as he shouts "you f***ing hit me there, you f***ing hit me".
Another man then runs up to confront the driver before he speeds off down the street. The woman filming then pans the camera down the street as a number of other onlookers can be seen standing in shock as she declares: "Madness in Dumbarton East".
A source said: "The guy was hit by the car in Dumbarton East. Waves from the cars were flooding people's houses so he was trying to stop the traffic. He was struck by the car then ran up to confront him before the driver sped off."
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