Watch: Driver almost run over by his own Range Rover after garage blunder
A driver was almost run over by his own Range Rover after a garage blunder left it in 'maintenance mode'.
Carl Midgley, 60, from Guiseley, West Yorkshire, had taken his Range Rover evoque for work on its rear brakes at a nearby garage.
But when his wife Joanne, 63, parked it up afterwards, the handbrake failed and it careered down the drive towards him.
CCTV footage showed Mrs Midgley attempt to get out of the car as it rolled down the sloped drive.
It eventually came to a stop on a flowerbed as Mr Midgley ran up the drive in an attempt to bring it to a halt.
Mr Midgley said the incident, which occurred in the summer of 2023, could have killed someone and had exacerbated his wife's existing hip issue.
'Very dangerous'
Speaking about the incident for the first time, he said: 'I couldn't have ever imagined this happening, but it did and it was very dangerous.'
He continued: 'My wife was getting out and it dragged her down the drive. She was already waiting for a hip operation. I've been having physio on my back.
'They have caused an injury to my back and made my wife's hip worse. They've now basically told us to go away.'
The Midgleys, who are foster carers, took the car back to the garage – Vertu Land Rover in Guiseley – after the incident.
There, the thousands of pounds worth of damage to its rear bumper, door, tyres and wheels was repaired for free.
'We often have our grandchildren over and are foster carers. That car could have killed a toddler,' Mr Midgley said. 'I don't believe what they have done for us is fair.'
A spokesman for the dealership said: 'This matter was resolved in 2023, with the customer accepting extensive goodwill gestures.
'We are pleased that the customer is still using our services.'
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