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Runaway car kills man, woman injured in UK street

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Press Trust of India London
A man was killed and a woman injured today when a runaway car rolled down a street in a UK city and trapped them underneath.

The pair, thought to be in their 60s, were hit on Finsbury Terrace in Swansea, South Wales Police said.

The woman was flown by air ambulance to hospital and is conscious, the force said without identifying them.

A blue Peugeot has been loaded into a container and removed from the scene.

South Wales Police said the incident was being investigated.

"Initial reports are that a vehicle has rolled down the street trapping a male and female underneath the vehicle," the BBC quoted Inspector Jason Herbert as saying.
 

A spokeswoman for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service added: "There are two crews there and an officer. They had to release people from underneath a vehicle at 9.21am.

"We released two casualties from underneath the vehicle," she said.

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First Published: Nov 30 2014 | 9:05 PM IST

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