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A Co Down man has told of his horror after a car nearly smashed into the front of his vehicle after allegedly 'going the wrong way round a roundabout'.

The man and his wife had stopped at lights on the Gransha Road roundabout in Bangor shortly after 1pm on Thursday, September 12, when the near-miss happened.

He told how another car 'came at speed the wrong way round the roundabout' and had to swerve to avoid his car before going sideways and crashing into electricity boxes.

Speaking to Belfast Live, he said: "It was an older American couple and they had hired the car down in Dublin. They said there was something wrong and when they thought they were hitting the brakes the car accelerated.

"He was flying up the road and I thought he was coming round absolutely flying, we thought he was going to hit us head on or clip us but he swerved and missed us completely and ended up hitting a sign and electricity boxes on the other side.

"They had gone round the roundabout the wrong way and missed us by inches."

He added: "We were all in shock, it was a lucky escape for them and other drivers. Someone said they also just missed a pedestrian who was in a state of absolute shock."

Police confirmed they had been called to the scene of a one vehicle crash at the Gransha Road roundabout at 1.12pm on Thursday. A spokesman confirmed a car had hit two electricity boxes and debris had been left on the road.

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