Dunfermline couple flee for their lives as coach careers towards them during crash
A Dunfermline man has told of the moment he and his partner fled for their lives as a coach careered towards them during a crash.
Richard Keane, 62, and Shirley Stewart, 64, were sitting on a bench in Dinnet in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, when the coach and a car crashed on the A93 road through the village.
The couple realised the coach was then heading straight for them and ran out the way with seconds to spare.
Speaking to The Courier's sister paper, The Press and Journal, Richard said: 'We had just sat down for five minutes on the bench when the coach came careering towards us.
'I was looking out over the hills, but Shirley saw it coming over my shoulder.
'We both heard a big bang, and she saw the coach come through the wall, mount the white car and then drive the car towards us.
'It was like something from a Hollywood movie.'
Richard says that in his panic, he initially ran into the path of the coach.
However, he was able to get out the way before the bus and the car hit the bench below the tree where the couple had been sitting moments earlier.
Richard says if they had not moved away, the coach 'would most definitely have hit them'.
He said: 'Even though I got out of the way, there was a lot of debris flying up the car park.
'I thought I was going to get seriously injured.
'Shirley ran away and dived to the side.
'She was upset afterwards because she didn't see me at that point – all she knew was that she'd seen me run in the wrong direction.
'I managed to dust myself off and head round to where she was.
'I am amazed that no one got hit by a rock or a stone or a bit of car. They were coming at some speed.
'It makes you think that someone's looking down on you.'
Richard said he was unable to go to work on Monday due to the shock of the incident.
However, the couple plan on returning to Deeside in a few weeks.
A police spokesperson said there were 'no reports of any serious injuries' following the crash.
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