Couple forced to leap from their car after it burst into flames
Laura Thomson
A driver has told of the terrifying moment she escaped from her burning car moments before it exploded on a busy roundabout. See CENTRE PRESS story CPBURST. Lizzie Connell and her husband cheated death after her Renault Twingo ground to a halt as flames leapt from the bonnet. The 29-year-old lawyer and her husband Andy scrambled to safety minutes before their car was fully on fire - and then exploded on the Newbridge Roundabout, Edinburgh. Fellow motorists stopped to help amid fears that someone was trapped inside, forcing the couple to desperately warn them to keep back.
A couple was forced to leap from their car after it spontaneously burst into flames.
Lizzie and Andy Connell were in their Renault Clio at the Newbridge Roundabout in Edinburgh on Sunday morning, when Lizzie noticed something was wrong.
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