A motorist escaped death by seconds, as he waited inside a Chinese takeaway, when an engine battery smashed through his Ford Fiesta driver window, parked outside the food venue just moments before a collision in Shirley.
Sohail Hussain, 21, an accountancy student had just ordered his takeout when he heard what sounded like “a bomb exploding”.
He raced out to find his car written off and a flying battery from a Mercedes had smashed through his driver’s window.
Sohail from Hodge Hill reportedly said: “I’d ordered my food and I was about to go to the toilet when I heard a crash like a bomb exploding.
“I ran outside and my car was completely written off, as was the Mercedes and I think a Fiat.
“The battery of the Mercedes went through the driver’s side window of my car. There was battery acid all burning in my car.
“If I had been in the car two minutes earlier I would’ve probably been killed - it scares me to think that.
“If it wasn’t the impact of the car heavily injuring me it would’ve been the battery of the Mercedes causing fatal damage.”
Luckily no-one was seriously injured in the collision at about 10.20pm. Crash victims had to be cut free from the damaged car by fire crews from Solihull using specialist cutting equipment. Three people were treated at the scene for their injuries before being taken to hospital.
