Two men who smashed a van into several parked cars on a busy residential street were caught fleeing on CCTV - but not before one ran back to the scene to collect a dog he'd apparently forgotten was in the footwell. The incident, which happened just after 8pm in John Street in Abercwmboi, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on Friday, January 27 was described by bystanders as having sounded like "a bomb going off."
One white Ford Fiesta, which took the brunt of the impact, was hit so hard by the speeding grey Vauxhall Astra van that one of its back tyres was catapulted several yards down the road. Its owner, a mum-of-two from Aberaman who'd been visiting a friend nearby, said it was a miracle no-one was killed.
"In the footage I saw from a neighbouring CCTV camera there'd been people walking up and down that street just a minute or so before the crash happened," she said. "They could have easily been crushed because my car ended up on the pavement." You can get more RCT news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
