AN ELDERLY LADY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, narrowly escaped injury Tuesday morning when her car went off the road and started a fire.
The driver, in her late 60s or early 70s, was heading up a hill when her older-model BMW sedan stalled and began rolling backward shortly before 9:30 a.m., Pacific time, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
As she rolled backwards, the car jumped the curb and slid sideways down a steep, brushy embankment. The sliding car started a brush fire and it spread up into the car as the woman managed to scramble out. With the assistance of several passers-by, they all managed to get her back up the hill and away from the flames.
The FD had the fire out in short order without much spread, but the car was destroyed.
Channel 6 has the STORY. (Film at 11)
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